[tonyarkles]

This "can't distinguish between muscle and fat" thing is repeated quite often, but... I think it's pretty clear that the exceptions are reasonably obvious. As a proxy measure, I personally haven't written off BMI. Yes, the man or woman with a visible six-pack and muscular arms and legs with a BMI of 27 is probably fine, even though they're considered "overweight". But, no, the software developer whose exercise consists of walking from the car to his chair in the office with a BMI of 30... they're probably not exempt.

The linked article talks quite a bit about waist fat being explicitly bad. That's an interesting measure for me (the waist/hip ratio) and as someone who's currently hovering around a BMI of 26 (and is average fitness), I plan on making that waist/hip measurement when I get home tonight and seeing how measure relative to their research.

I've been planning to start a bit of a weight loss program (primarily food focused with maybe a 10-20% exercise increase) and if there's specific concerns related to waist fat then I'll do some more research on how to address that.