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topic Health • www.newscientist.com • Feb 09, 2026 16:00

Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can

Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can
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Why This Matters

Medical breakthroughs like this offer hope to patients worldwide and represent years of dedicated research improving lives.
People classed as “overweight” according to BMI can be perfectly healthy. But there are better measures of fat, and physicians are finally using them
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