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Study warns reliance on BMI could misclassify millions with obesity

Study warns reliance on BMI could misclassify millions with obesity
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A new study published in Nature warns that using Body Mass Index alone may miss up to nine percent of obese adults and wrongly label three percent as obese, prompting calls for broader diagnostic measures.

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