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Goodbye, BMI: Experts outline new guidance for determining healthy range of body fat

People with elevated BMIs say they’re relieved by experts’ new guidance to downplay the use of BMI in diagnosing people with weight problems or obesity. People recovering from eating disorders say the focus on weight and BMI can be triggering and counterproductive.

NPR’s Allison Aubrey reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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