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A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

A new study compares body mass index (BMI) with body fat percentage and finds the latter is far more reliable in predicting ...

For young adults, body fat percentage is a better predictor of 15-year mortality risk than body mass index (BMI), according ...

When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate, but authors of a new study say a different ...

Higher body fat, especially android fat, BMI, and waist size, is linked to stress urinary incontinence in midlife women, but ...

New body composition tests are replacing BMI as a more accurate way to assess health and fitness. Measuring muscle mass and ...

BMI fails to predict long-term mortality risk, while direct body fat measurement via bioelectrical impedance is a far more accurate indicator. The study, published in the Annals of Family Medicine, ...

They pointed out that BMI can classify some people with a “normal” BMI, even when they have a high percentage of body fat. A ...

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