In particular, it often fails to provide an accurate representation of health for African Americans, especially women. The reliance on BMI as a primary health indicator may lead to ...

In ancestry-stratified models of 5962 European American (EA), 2080 African American (AA ... with per year change in BMI, measured by the slope from a growth-curve analysis of two or more BMI ...

BMI is widely used as a marker of health, but it turns out that it's not all that accurate -- especially for people of color.