B.M.I. Too High? Not to Worry
Hooray! R ecent studies have indicated that many people with B.M.I. levels at the low end of normal are less healthy than those now considered overweight , blogs Jane E. Brody at The New York Times. And some people who are overly fat according to their B.M.I. are just as healthy as those considered to be of normal weight, as discussed in a new book, “The Obesity Paradox,” by Dr. Carl J. Lavie, a cardiologist in New Orleans, and Kristin Loberg, she reports. My B.M.I. has long been too high so I've never paid too much attention to it, losing 20 pounds recently and upping my exercise quotient significantly. So what if the number's too big? Now it looks like some pros are agreeing with me. Recent studies have " prompted many to question the real meaning of B.M.I. and to note its potential drawbacks: labeling some healthy people as overweight or obese who are not overly fat, and failing to distinguish between dangerous and innocuous distributions of bod...