Situation: A patient came with BMI 36 kg/m2.
Dr Bad: Measure waist circumference first.
Dr Good: You need to reduce weight.
Lesson: In patients with a BMI ≥35 kg/m2, measurement of waist circumference is less helpful since it adds little to the predictive power of the disease risk classification of BMI ; almost all individuals with this BMI also have an abnormal waist circumference.
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