We seem to be regularly force-fed the idea that the body-mass index (BMI) is an appropriate method by which to measure obesity in our patients. Indeed, Read Code 22K5 implies that obesity is only attained when the BMI is calculated as 30 or greater. However this is not only overly simplistic, but such a glib understanding can in fact be harmful to the health of a significant proportion of our patients.
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