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Professional dialysis recruitment| DXA scans suggest that BMI markedly underdiagnoses obesity prevalence in the U.S. |
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| EurekAlert: The scope of the obesity epidemic in the United States has been greatly underestimated, according to a study published Apr. 2 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. Researchers found that the Body Mass Index (BMI) substantially under-diagnoses obesity when compared to the Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) scan, a direct simultaneous measure of body fat, muscle mass, and bone density. |
