In fact BMI actually underestimates obesity for most of the population. > BMI characterized 26% of the subjects as obese, while DXA indicated that 64% of them

In fact BMI actually underestimates obesity for most of the population. > BMI characterized 26% of the subjects as obese, while DXA indicated that 64% of them were obese. 39% of the subjects were classified as non-obese by BMI, but were found to be obese by DXA. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0033308 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... Discussed earlier this month: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34854496 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34854496