Article 6TKE7 New report suggests overreliance on BMI

New report suggests overreliance on BMI

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editors@theworld.org (Omar Duwaji)
from The World: Latest Stories on (#6TKE7)

BMI, or Body Mass Index, is often used to determine obesity. But a new report by a group of international researchers suggests that there may have been an overreliance on BMI to determine whether someone fits the criteria for obesity. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Doctor Ricardo Cohen, director of the The Center for Obesity and Diabetes in Brazil, about the new report and what it means for how we determine obesity.

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