New research suggests that waist-to-hip ratio is a more accurate indicator of wellness than BMI. BMI is fraught with problems, one of them is that you can have a weight lifter with 8% body fat with a BMI of 35 and you can have someone who has 35% body fat with the same BMI. Waist-to-hip ratio does do a better job of capturing visceral fat, the fat that is most harmful in terms of mortality.
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