BMI is wrong: Millions of healthy Americans labeled obese - Futurity

Finally! Someone is making sense.  BMI has been harder to kill than Dracula! 02-15-2016 10:10am

Comment by Michael Orendurff

Nicely done study showing that BMI is a poor measure of actual health or risk of premature death.  | A person who does resistance training and is very fit with heavy bones and muscles might have a "high" BMI and appear to be a health... more »Nicely done study showing that BMI is a poor measure of actual health or risk of premature death.  | A person who does resistance training and is very fit with heavy bones and muscles might have a "high" BMI and appear to be a health risk when, in fact, they are very healthy and NOT a risk. Measuring cRP, insulin resistance, BP, glucose levels is a much more accurate assessment of health status. Even waist to hip ratio is better than BMI. 02-15-2016 1:13pm

Comment by Jeff Novack

We have always known this - getting the medical community to accept it is the difficult part.  There are still some insurance companies (and the government) that want to charge people more who do not fall into the "normal BMI"... more »We have always known this - getting the medical community to accept it is the difficult part.  There are still some insurance companies (and the government) that want to charge people more who do not fall into the "normal BMI" category.   | http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/04/465569465/if-bmi-is-the-test-of-health-many-pro-athletes-would-flunk 02-16-2016 7:07am

Comment by Tiffany M Reiss, PhD