GoKawiilStudy finds waist-based CAD-obesity metric outperforms BMI in predicting death risk
A Nature-published analysis of more than 800,000 people found that body mass index alone misses many individuals whose excess body fat raises their health risks. Researchers tested a combined measure, CAD-obesity, which pairs BMI with waist circumference and other body-fat indicators, and found it better predicted mortality risk than BMI alone.