BMI is out ABSI is in!

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New Body Index - ABSI (A Body Shape Index) being used as a better predicter of premature Death than BMI (Body Mass Index)...READ ON!

Nutshell from "The Scientist" By Cristina Luiggi | July 19, 2012
A New Obesity Metric -A new index for body shape is better at predicting premature death risk.

A new measurement that takes into account waist circumference in addition to traditional Body Mass Index (BMI) data provides information about the risk of premature death for an individual. Known as A Body Shape Index (ABSI), the metric was tested on national health and nutrition data from 14,000 adults in the United States and found to show a better correlation with death rate than does the BMI.

“Measuring body dimensions is straightforward compared to other most medical tests, but it’s been challenging to link these with health,” Nir Krakauer, a researcher at City College of New York, who led the study published in PLoS ONE, said in a press release. “Our results give evidence that the power-law scaling of waist circumference, weight, and other body measurements can be used to develop body shape indices that point to added risk.”