Why doctors are using less of the body mass index to assess a patient's health.

Published Date: 28 Jun 2023

The standard method for assessing health used to be, and frequently still is, the body mass index. However, the American Medical Association (AMA) recently adopted a new policy that warns medical professionals.

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