BMI is ok afterall

markmellor43
May 21
1 min read

This recent journal article published in JAMA shows that BMI afterall is a very good approximation of excess adiposity (obesity). This is despite a recent global expert commission advising to move away from this BMI as a measure of obesity given it does not take into account distribution of body fat (visceral fat is more harmful) or differentiate fat from other tissues.

Aryee EK, Zhang S, Selvin E, Fang M. Prevalence of Obesity With and Without Confirmation of Excess Adiposity Among US Adults. JAMA. 2025;333(19):1726–1728. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.2704

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