Measuring Adiposity in Patients: The Utility of Body Mass Index (BMI), Percent Body Fat, and Leptin

Nirav R. Shah; Eric R. Braverman

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033308

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Measuring Adiposity in Patients: The Utility of Body Mass Index (BMI), Percent Body Fat, and Leptin

Nirav R. Shah ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nirav R. Shah, Eric R. Braverman

Current address: New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Eric R. Braverman

Contributed equally to this work with: Nirav R. Shah, Eric R. Braverman

* E-mail: info@pathfounationny.org

Affiliations PATH Foundation NY, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America
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Measuring Adiposity in Patients: The Utility of Body Mass Index (BMI), Percent Body Fat, and Leptin

Nirav R. Shah,
Eric R. Braverman

Published: April 2, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033308

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Posted by Cottrell on 16 Apr 2012 at 11:09 GMT

A better cutpoint for obesity with BMI is 24 for females and 28 for males.
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0033308#article1.body1.sec4.sec1.p2

Since previous research (e.g. ref.39) has shown that the nadir of all cause mortality is around BMI 24-28 for both men and women, it would seem unhelpful to label individuals in this BMI range "obese" with the consequent assumption that they should be treated in some way to "correct" their obesity.

Competing interests declared: Employee of food industry

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