Diseases & Treatments

Obesity: BMI an obsolete indicator

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Le 19h30
03 March 2014

François Pralong

CHUV

Biologie et de médecine, UNIL

Body mass index (BMI) alone cannot assess the health risks of being overweight, according to many nutrition and obesity specialists.

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