Want to measure body fat? This 2,000-year-old trick is better than BMI – Firstpost

Want to measure body fat? This 2,000-year-old trick is better than BMI – Firstpost

It’s the start of another year and the  body mass index (BMI) is  being criticised again. This time a  Lancet-commissioned group of experts is denouncing it as a diagnostic tool for obesity. They say that doctors should look at the overall health of a patient when diagnosing obesity, not just rely on this one flawed metric. BMI … Read more