This time, they figure out Waist size is a more accurate predictor of diabetes than BMI.
Lifters have known this stuff for years. I'm 230 pounds, and have a 36-37 inch waist. I'm pudgier than I should be, for sure. My BMI indicates I am obese. Since BMI doesn't take my BODYFAT levels into account, it's essentially useless, other than lookin gat things over very large populations where the assumption is that people don't regularly lift wieghts or carry much muscle mass.
Waist size, while still rudimentary, is a better indicator of bodyfat % in large ranges.
Maybe soon they'll figure out measuring bodyfat percentage, and gearing things towards body composition, we'll get somewhere.
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