BMI
Cross-source consensus on BMI from 1 sources and 6 claims.
1 sources · 6 claims
How it works
Risks & contraindications
Comparisons
Evidence quality
Highlighted claims
- BMI fails to distinguish between metabolically healthy and metabolically unhealthy individuals. — BMI Problems and Better Health Metrics
- BMI cannot distinguish between fat mass and muscle mass, making it a poor health indicator. — BMI Problems and Better Health Metrics
- A person with a normal BMI can carry a dangerous proportion of body fat with minimal muscle, a state called 'skinny fat'. — BMI Problems and Better Health Metrics
- Athletes with high muscle development may register as overweight or obese on BMI despite low health risk. — BMI Problems and Better Health Metrics
- During body recomposition, scale weight may stay flat or increase while visceral fat drops and metabolic markers improve, causing BMI to falsely show no progress. — BMI Problems and Better Health Metrics
- The sequence of healthy weight loss begins with water weight loss, then a plateau, then fat loss, with muscle being rebuilt in parallel. — BMI Problems and Better Health Metrics