A doctor confirms that a patient is overweight after preforming multiple tests and calculating the patients body mass index (BMI)

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Dotan Simha · Answer 1 · 2021-07-17T13:05:32+0000

If the BMI was the sole test to determine an individual is overweight, that doctor needs to be fired. BMI doesn’t account for muscle mass and thus not a good representation of healthy weight status.

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