Advisory Board June 5, 2024
Although body mass index (BMI) has long been used to measure health, many doctors are moving away from it, saying that it’s not a useful metric. Instead of BMI, some people are now using body composition scans, which measure muscle mass and fat distribution, to gauge their health and fitness, Allison Aubrey writes for NPR’s “Shots.”
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The move away from BMI
Last June, the American Medical Association (AMA) voted to adopt a new policy that moves away from solely using BMI when assessing whether a patient is a healthy weight.
In a report, an AMA subcommittee wrote that BMI does not differentiate between fat and lean...
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