BMI classification system wrongly identifies some people as having overweight or obesity, says study

Research from Italy to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026, Istanbul, Türkiye, 12–15 May) and published in the journal Nutrients shows that when the gold standard ...
Endocrinology Advisor

ECO: BMI System May Inflate Weight Status Classification

Current BMI classification may overestimate the prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity among the general population.
Science Daily

Scientists say BMI gets it wrong for over one third of adults

A new study suggests that one of the most widely used health metrics, BMI, may be getting it wrong for a large portion of the ...
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Is BMI an accurate measure of body fat?

India, March 30 -- The conventional body mass index (BMI) system by the World Health Organization frequently misidentifies ...