I have seen on several websites that BMI is not an accurate or reliable way of knowing if someone is healthy. Why is this information suddenly inaccurate?
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BMI is a very rough measure and doesn’t take account of other potential factors like muscle mass so BMI would count Arnold Schwarzenegger as obese. BMI is good for population studies where the other factors average out but it is really poor for individuals where those factors may be key.
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