article_snippet.sent: He says that what counts as a normal or 'healthy' BMI has been miscalculated: 'It would make sense if normal was what is now called overweight.'
article_snippet.sent: These 'paradoxical' results suggest that BMI is too crude a tool on BMI own to make decisions about what a healthy weight is.
article_snippet.sent: BMI can misclassify athletes packed with muscle as overweight or even obese.
article_snippet.sent: Equally, current BMI categories give the wrong picture for what might be called the 'fit fat'; people who may have a lot of fat but also eat well and exercise regularly.
article_snippet.sent: current BMI categories BMI may classify current BMI categories as obese, but other markers (blood sugar, fat levels in current BMI categories blood and blood pressure) can all be in the super healthy range.
article_snippet.sent: Apparently healthy-weight people with little muscle mass because Apparently healthy-weight people with little muscle mass because they rarely exercise also make BMI an unreliable indicator of health rarely exercise also make BMI an unreliable indicator of health because rather than storing Apparently healthy-weight people with little muscle mass because they rarely exercise also make BMI an unreliable indicator of health fat under the skin,
article_snippet.sent: Apparently healthy-weight people with little muscle mass because they rarely exercise also make BMI an unreliable indicator of health may carry it in Apparently healthy-weight people with little muscle mass because they rarely exercise also make BMI an unreliable indicator of health abdomen, wrapped around Apparently healthy-weight people with little muscle mass because they rarely exercise also make BMI an unreliable indicator of health organs and pumping out chemical messengers and hormones linked to diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
article_snippet.sent: A tape measure is said to be one way to spot if you have this dangerous fat, but leading obesity expert Professor Arya Sharma, chair in obesity research and management at the University of Alberta, disagrees: 'A tape measure still won't tell you whether your stomach fat is unhealthy.
article_snippet.sent: Current BMI categories give the wrong picture for what might be called the 'fit fat' All this suggests it is not a good idea to advise someone to lose weight just on their BMI.