appropriate to the BMI standards in Singapore, BMI were used revise

to overweight and obesity

If the diagnostic performance of BMI is studied closely, it
would be observed that the ability of BMI to identify actual obese
individuals is good at higher percentiles of BMI.
The majority of overweight males and
some obese males are healthy due to their higher proportion of
lean mass
Singapore M O r iginal A r t icle ed J 2012; 53(6) : 403
Comparison of the effectiveness of body mass index
and body fat percentage in defining body composition
Arvin Raj Goonasegaran1, MBBS, Fatin Nabila bt Mat Nawi1, MBBS, Nurul Shuhada bt
Abdul Wahab1, MBBS

Body mass index (BMI) has various deficiencies as a measure of obesity, especial
ly when the BMI measure is based on self-reported height and weight.
International Journal of Obesity (2008) 32, S56 S59; doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.87
BMI-related errors in the measurement of obesity
K J Rothman

Obesity is a serious disease.. obesity that is associated with an increased risk

of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, and cancer, among other disea
ses.

Measuring Adiposity in Patients: The Utility of Body Mass Index (BMI), Percent B
ody Fat, and Leptin
Nirav R. Shah ,Eric R. Braverman
Published: April 2, 2012 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033308