ArticleCurrent obesity reports2014
The BMI: Is It Time to Scratch for a More Accurate Assessment of Metabolic Dysfunction?
Article in Current obesity reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Exploring inflammation and adipose tissue dysfunction in metabolically healthy versus unhealthy obesity among Arab adults.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2025Article
- Total and regional fat-to-muscle mass ratio and risks of pan-cancer: a prospective cohort study.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Body mass index and benign breast surgeries: A survey of plastic surgeons' knowledge and attitudes.JPRAS open · 2023Article
- Malnutrition, frailty, and sarcopenia in pancreatic cancer patients: assessments and interventions for the pancreatic surgeon.Annals of pancreatic cancer · 2019Article
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Abstract
The body mass index (BMI = Kg/M(2)) is not a valid measure for clinical decisions, especially whether a patient will benefit from bariatric surgery. The measure, as used, discriminates against the muscular, the aged, women, and racial groups such as Asians and African Americans. The requirement must be eliminated since it denies many patients the only currently available therapy. This chapter provides the bibliographic data to support this argument and should prove useful in convincing carriers that the BMI is an inaccurate and, too often, cruel guideline.
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