The AMA Emphasizes That BMI Is Only One of Several Useful Tools
Subscribe to InnovationRx, your exclusive weekly report on healthcare news, by signing up here. In the 19th century, Adolphe Quetelet, a Belgian astronomer and sociologist, initially developed the concept of the body mass index (BMI) as a means to measure the ratio of height to weight in the “average man,” rather than determining obesity levels. …