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Beyond body mass index

Prentice, A. M., Jebb, S. A.·2001·Obesity Reviews
DOI 10.1046/j.1467-789x.2001.00031.x
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Summary: Body mass index (BMI) is the cornerstone of the current classification system for obesity and its advantages are widely exploited across disciplines ranging from international surveillance to individual patient assessment. However, like all anthropometric measurements, it is only a surrogate measure of body fatness. Obesity is defined as an excess accumulation of body fat, and it is the amount of this excess fat that correlates with ill‐health. We propose therefore that much greater attention should be paid to the development of databases and standards based on the direct measurement of body fat in populations, rather than on surrogate measures. In support of this argument we illustrate a wide range of conditions in which surrogate anthropometric measures (especially BMI) provide misleading information about body fat content. These include: infancy and childhood; ageing; racial differences; athletes; military and civil forces personnel; weight loss with and without exercise; physical training; and special clinical circumstances. We argue that BMI continues to serve well for many purposes, but that the time is now right to initiate a gradual evolution beyond BMI towards standards based on actual measurements of body fat mass.

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Authors
Prentice, A. M., & Jebb, S. A.
Venue
Obesity Reviews
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2001-08
Volume
2
Issue
3
Pages
141-147
ISSN
  • 1467-7881 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-789X
DOI
10.1046/j.1467-789x.2001.00031.x
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W1977118015
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1,240
References
17
FWCI
5.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
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