While surfing the web the other day I saw a headline including the phrase “Why BMI is Useless” and I just had to click. The article (from the Daily Mail) went on to describe how a New York firm called Body Labs did full-body scans of different people, all with the same body mass index (BMI). The group then made a graphic that showed (surprise) that each of the 5’9” volunteers had very different amounts of fat weight versus lean muscle weight.
It was a startling graphic to showcase what many health-conscious people already know: BMI is imperfect. It’s a simple formula that uses weight and height alone to classify a person’s weight status (underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese), and its limited usefulness is a topic that surfaces in the news every few years.
Referance -
https://www.linkedin.com/company/obesity-surgery
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/why-youre-so-much-more-than-what-scale-says/story?id=32526842
http://www.modernghana.com/blogs/609018/31/pay-less-for-obesity-treatment-in-india.html