New Study Delivers Another Strike Against BMI

Body Mass Index (BMI) is often used as an indicator of health but a new study by researchers at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada gives more evidence that this measurement may be misleading many people. They found that some ethnic groups are more likely to be adding dangerous visceral fat onto their internal organs like their liver when they gain weight, while others are adding the more visible subcutaneous fat.

“You need to know your body composition and your body fat percentage for a true indicator of your health,” say Dian Griesel Ph.D. and Tom Griesel, co-authors of TurboCharged: Accelerate Your Fat Burning Metabolism, Get Lean Fast and Leave Diet and Exercise Rules in the Dust (April 2011, BSH). “The better home body composition scales will not only show your current percentage of overall body fat but also give you an idea of how much visceral fat you have. This is the information you need. Bulging bellies without much visible or obvious fat are a pretty good indicator of the presence of dangerous visceral fat. The larger your waist measurement the greater your risk and it’s the fat you can't see that will kill you.”

In TurboCharged we explain why BMI is not a good health indicator. BMI will never give you the critical information you need about your body composition to be sure your weight and health goals are on track. We suspect there are many skinny looking yet dangerously fat people walking around with a greater risk of disease and a false sense of security based on a “healthy” BMI number.

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