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Is BMI just a big fat lie? The obesity measure under the microscope

Yet as reported in Metro, the 39-year-old personal trainer was told by an NHS nurse in east London she should go on a strict diet. The reason? Her body mass index was 29 – meaning she was just short of obese.

But what is BMI? And should we still be using a system designed in the early 1800s?

BMI was created by Belgian statistician Adolphe Quetelet around 1830 as a measure of obesity and adopted by the British government in an effort to promote healthy eating.

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Mr Sufi discusses the benefits of weight loss surgery and the increase in people with diabetes

Type 2 diabetes, a preventable disease caused mainly by obesity and poor diet, has become the 21st century's first pandemic

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  Mr Sufi discusses 12 things you must know about gastric bands

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