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Re:Overweight overtakes tobacco smoking as the leading disea... by coldpie on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @12:36PM (#42390359)
It is much easier to measure, and is a good enough proxy for the vast majority of people.
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Re:Overweight overtakes tobacco smoking as the leading disea... by bumby on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @12:45PM (#42390483)
To quantify, I've heard MDs say that the outliers (relatively high BMI but low body fat) constitute less than 1% of high BMI people. They also said that those outliers are still at risk of certain health troubles, like sleep apnea.

The suggestion of using BMI + waist circumference is an easier to measure risk factor than bodyfat percentage and helps to better capture those outliers.

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