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Elderly? Check obesity using waist, hips, not BMI (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 02:15 PM PDT Reuters - Do you like to blame your weight on being "big-boned?" If you've ever thought that the body mass index (BMI) - a ratio of weight to height often used as a yardstick of obesity - doesn't tell the true story of your relative weight and health, you may be onto something if you're elderly, UCLA researchers say.

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