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Short Wave — Should race affect BMI guidelines? Doctors are split
Not scored yet13m·2026-09-14·Science

Should race affect BMI guidelines? Doctors are split

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BMI is a quick, cheap way for doctors to estimate body fat and screen for conditions like heart disease and diabetes. But medicine has long known that BMI is problematic and unnuanced. By using it, groups of people have fallen through the cracks and conditions have been caught late. So, some doctors want to add nuance…

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