Study finds standard "obesity" test badly flawed (Reut

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Reply Fri 18 Aug, 2006 01:15 pm
Study finds standard "obesity" test badly flawed
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060818/hl_nm/obesity_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20060818/i/r3583618818.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=OsYTsQC9K69o2ZAyr8vhNw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="An overweight Brazilian woman and her friend walk into the surf on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, December 16, 2004. Body Mass Index (BMI), the standard measure of obesity, is badly flawed and a more accurate gauge should be developed, according to doctors in the United States. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes SM" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Body Mass Index (BMI), the standard
measure of obesity, is badly flawed and a more accurate gauge
should be developed, according to doctors in the United States.</p><br clear="all"/>

 
 

 
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