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As BMI is increasingly recognized as an imperfect way to measure health, UVA researchers share other metrics they rely upon.

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And many more (43%) are overweight. Body mass index, or BMI, is a measurement used to assess a person's body weight in ...

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Today, a person is considered obese if they have a body mass index (BMI – calculated by dividing someone's weight, in kilograms, by the square of their height, in meters) of 30 or higher.

Body weight cycling, also known as “yo-yo dieting,” is associated with a 25%-36% increased risk for diabetic kidney disease ...

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