Is it time to get rid of the BMI?
The body mass index, or BMI, is enthusiastically adopted in doctors\u2019 rooms as a way to assess health, but its accuracy can be skewed by race, genetics and certain medical conditions. Some Australian experts say we need new tools to assess health \u2013 ones that don\u2019t rely so much on weight.Science writer Donna Lu explores the complicated history of the BMI and the \u2018panic about body weight\u2019 in public health messaging