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Re:Effect of Breakfast Skipping and Late Night Eating on BMI... by esmIII on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @10:09AM (#37049208)
BMI is literally just correcting weight for height. That's it. What other methods should researchers use?
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Re:Effect of Breakfast Skipping and Late Night Eating on BMI... by zdragnar on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @10:32AM (#37049552)
For one thing, it does a terrible job for tall people.

https://www.fatcalc.com/bf lists several alternatives, along with their estimated accuracies. BMI is the least accurate method short of taking a wild guess.

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