Does Bmi Mean Anything?

BMI (body mass index), which is based on the height and weight of a person, is an inaccurate measure of body fat content and does not take into account muscle mass, bone density, overall body composition, and racial and sex differences, say researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

Is BMI a good indicator?

BMI is a useful indicator of health at the population level. However, the distribution of fat on your body is more important that the amount, when assessing your disease risk. For this reason, your waist circumference is thought to be a better predictor of health risk than your BMI.

Does BMI tell you anything?

BMI is a calculation of your size that takes into account your height and weight. ... BMI does something similar: it expresses the relationship between your height and weight as a single number that is not dependent on frame size.