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UCSB, UCLA Study Questions Validity Of Commonly Use BMI For Health Assessments

It’s a measure commonly used to assess our health.

But, a new study co-authored by a UC Santa Barbara researcher suggests that this commonly used indicator may actually be labeling people who are healthy as obese.

KCLU’s Lance Orozco reports the study questions the validity of the “Body Mass Index,” better known as “BMI”.

 

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral. 
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