What's better than BMI?

• Autores: Christine Gorman
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 309, Nº. 5, 2013, págs. 21-22
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article focuses on the body mass index (BMI) and includes information on its importance as a useful predictor of health. It states that BMI was developed by a Belgian sociologist and statistician in the 1800s which divides the weight of a person in kilograms and by the square of height in meters. It notes that a normal BMI can dissemble metabolic abnormalities. It also mentions that a good health varies on a lot of things such as smoking, diet, and physical fitness.