This is such absolute nonsense it's absurd The study found that waist circumference could predict death independent of BMI THAT DOESN'T MEAN PEOPLE ARE BEING MURDERED BY THE MEDICAL SYSTEMpic.twitter.com/s8YmmKQgpB
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Their conclusion? Measure both BMI and WC! Both are easy, both predict issues, why not have the best of both worlds?pic.twitter.com/oYJ3O3TDUB
Another important note - while women with
WC but
BMI were at an increased risk of death, this was a TINY proportion (0.9%) of the population, so in fact a healthy BMI was a very good predictor for 99.1% of people!
TL:DR - headlines are dumb and directly contradict the study - BMI isn't useless it's very useful for most people - WC is also useful - BMI+WC is probably best!
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