Re:Overweight overtakes tobacco smoking as the leading disea...
by bumby on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @12:45PM
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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.
The suggestion of using BMI + waist circumference is an easier to measure risk factor than bodyfat percentage and helps to better capture those outliers.