Isn’t BMI enough to diagnose obesity?

Body Mass Index is one of the well known methods to diagnose obesity. It is used to evaluate weight in relation to height. According to BMI, athletes or muscular individuals would always be considered obese due to their large amounts of muscle. Those categorized as sarcopenic obesity (lack of muscle) would not be identified. Therefore, for the true diagnosis of obesity, you need to check percent body fat with the InBody.

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