New waist-to-height cut-offs to assess fat mass and obesity predicted the risk of hypertension better than body mass index, ...

The body mass index, or BMI, predates the bathroom scale by more than half a century. But it has not changed with the times. The BMI was created in the 1830s before calculators and computers existed.

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New waist-to-height cutoffs to assess fat mass and obesity predicted the risk of hypertension better than body mass index, ...

Many people with “normal” body mass indexes may still be obese, new research suggests. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The study, ...