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To the Editor: We read with great interest the article entitled “Clinical Assessment and Management of Adult Obesity” by Kushner.1 As stated by the author, the utility of body mass index (BMI) for diagnosing obesity has been demonstrated in many population studies. It has the advantage that a subject’s height and weight are easy and inexpensive to measure. However, in spite of being widely used, BMI is only a surrogate measure of body fatness and does not provide an accurate measurement of body composition,2 which has also been recognized …
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