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One reason that a person’s BMI is just a rough indicator of their overall health and fitness is that muscle is denser than fat. A pound of muscle is about the size of a tangerine and a pound of fat is about the size of a small grapefruit. Why does this fact make BMI a less accurate measure of obesity for some people?
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It does not describe a person’s shape.
It measures only body weight, not density.
It does not distinguish muscle from fat.
It measures only excess fat, not muscle.
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It does not distinguish muscle from fat.
Explanation: BMI uses total mass and height but can't tell whether mass is from muscle (dense) or fat (less dense), so muscular people can have high BMI without excess body fat.
Explanation: BMI uses total mass and height but can't tell whether mass is from muscle (dense) or fat (less dense), so muscular people can have high BMI without excess body fat.
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