专家表示，将身体质量指数与其他测量指标和检测结合起来，将带来更好的护理和结果。医生称，一种替代BMI诊断肥胖的方法可避免全球数百万人被误诊，他们发现这种方法能更准确地区分健康人群与体内脂肪过多且有害的人群。
Combining body mass index with other measurements and tests would lead to better care and outcomes, experts say An alternative to BMI for diagnosing obesity could prevent misdiagnosis in millions of people worldwide, according to doctors who found it more accurately distinguished healthy people from those with harmful excess body fat.
医学专家长期以来一直认为，身体质量指数是界定肥胖的粗糙工具，这引发了担忧：大量体内脂肪过多的人被漏诊，而另一些健康的人却被错误诊断。
Medical experts have long considered body mass index a blunt instrument for defining obesity, leading to concerns that substantial numbers of people with excess body fat are missed while others who are healthy are wrongly diagnosed.