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Think your BMI reflects your health? Think again, study warns | Waterloo News

Think your BMI reflects your health? Think again, study warns | Waterloo News

As new Statistics Canada data reveals that two-thirds of Canadians are considered overweight or obese, researchers are urging the public and policymakers to rethink how we define and measure health — starting with one of the most used metrics — the body mass index (BMI).  For decades, BMI — a simple ratio of weight to height — has been treated as a …

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