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Monthly Archives: October 2023

Body Mass Index (BMI): Is it time to jettison this surrogate marker of metabolic health?

Leave a comment October 30, 2023 Mark Pettus

In this episode of The Health Edge, Mark reviews a recent paper in JAMA Network suggesting Waist-Hip Ratio (WHR) as a much more meaningful surrogate measure of metabolic health and all-cause mortality risk.

https://www.thehealthedgepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/WHR.mp3

 

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