Research
Macro partitioning
Body Mass Index (BMI) is an insufficient and potentially misleading sole diagnostic measure for obesity due to its inability to capture phenotypic heterogeneity and visceral adiposity.
Do not rely on BMI alone to assess your health. Ask your doctor for additional metrics like waist circumference, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels to get a complete picture of your metabolic health.
GoodRefutesHIGH confidence
The analysis of decade-long changes... is now underway... defined overweight/obesity according to BMI value, which is an easy but not sufficient measure of overweight/obesity.
Why this rating
Consensus statement highlighting gaps in current epidemiological methods.
Source
Bridging the gap in obesity research: A consensus statement from the European Society for Clinical Investigation
Federico Carbone et al. · European Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2025
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