American Medical Association Requests a De-emphasizing of Body Mass Index (BMI)

I wrote about Body Mass Index (BMI) being a bad measure of fitness, especially taken alone. The American Medical Association (AMA )should have doctors not consider it. Browse past posts to see what factors should be taken into consideration together.

https://www.statnews.com/2023/06/13/bmi-obesity-ama-criticism/

The primary concern, past age, gender, and race, the latter of which are all the craze lately in the United States, is that it doe snot consider body fat composition and location (belly fat being the worse), genetics, or heavier-than-fat muscle mass.

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Guide to Fitness (two versions and the anti-bullying children's book The Boy in a Wheelchair are available on Authorhouse or Amazon