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		esmIII on Aug 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Effect of Breakfast Skipping and Late Night Eating... BMI is literally just correcting weight for height. That's it. What other methods should researchers use?

zdragnar on Aug 8, 2023 [–]

For one thing, it does a terrible job for tall people.

https://www.fatcalc.com/bf lists several alternatives, along with their estimated accuracies. BMI is the least accurate method short of taking a wild guess.

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