Should the BMI still be used in health care?

9/10/2025 1:00PM

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Despite that body mass index (BMI) is a measure widely recognized as imprecise and of limited diagnostic utility, it remains in use in health care, including in procedure candidacy screening and to disqualify some patients’ access to indicated interventions. This episode features experts who teach us what clinicians and patients should know.

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