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BMI is a big fat lie, say scientists
A new scientific study of increasing waistlines has branded the Body Mass Index most health regimes are based on a big fat lie.
The report says that a person's BMI - a method of measuring fat in the body - has no influence when it comes to risk of heart attacks or strokes.
And they claim that they've got to the bottom of what really makes a healthy body - a big bottom with wobbly thighs.
The report - by Germany's Maximillian University in Munich - says the spread of fat around a body is more important than the total.
Project leader Harald Schneider said the study of 11,000 overweight subjects showed that extra inches on the waist, bottom and thighs should be called "good fat" because it can protect people from heart disease.
Only belly fat could be described as a health risk as it increases "risk of inflammation" says the report, released this week after an eight year study.
Dr Schneider explained: "The BMI plays no role when it comes to the cardiac arrest and stroke death risk."
Austrian Times
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Michael wrote on 18. 03. 2010 from Greece about "BMI is a big fat lie, say..."
Thanks God he is wearing his pants
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