BMI a wrong measure of health: Study
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Using body mass index (BMI) to gauge health is a wrong practice as it is a deeply flawed measure, reveals a study while adding that BMI should not be the primary goal for maintaining good health.
BMI incorrectly labelled more than 30 percent of those with in the "normal" range -- about 20.7 million people -- as healthy whereas they were actually unhealthy based on their other health data, the study said.
BMI incorrectly labelled more than 30 percent of those with in the "normal" range -- about 20.7 million people -- as healthy whereas they were actually unhealthy based on their other health data, the study said.
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