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We asked a doctor: Which matters more for your health—VO2 max or BMI?

Healthcare providers have long used the body mass index (BMI) to assess your health and predict your risk of disease, but it ...
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Body mass index (BMI): What it tells you—and what it doesn't

Body Mass Index, or BMI, is a number that reflects the relationship between your height and weight. It's widely used in health care and public health to categorize body size and estimate potential ...
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BMI, one of the most popular ways of telling if you're a healthy weight, is bogus. Here's what to use instead.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BMI, one of the most popular ways of telling if you're a healthy weight, is bogus. Here's what to use instead. A new report ...
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Study shows BMI's weakness as a predictor of future health

A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI—commonly used to measure obesity and health risk—fails in predicting the risk of future death, suggesting the calculation is ...
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Study finds BMI, despite flaws, is useful estimate of body fat in children

The body mass index has long been slammed as a blunt instrument for evaluating health, even more so with new obesity drugs changing the conversation about weight and well-being. Now a study reasserts ...
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Use Bmi As A Screening Tool — Not The Final Word On Fat

RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes’ captain Rod Brind’Amour is a fitness fanatic, often stretching, riding a stationary bike and lifting weights — on the same day the team practices. It’s a regimen ...