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Registered Dietitian

Category - Nutrition Care

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An advantage of using body mass index (BMI) as an anthropometric tool is:
  1. BMI provides information about proportions of body fat and muscle.
  2. Extremes in BMI correlate with disease risk.
  3. BMI distinguishes android obesity from gynoid obesity.
  4. A low BMI always indicates poor nutritional status.
Explanation
Answer: B - An advantage of using body mass index (BMI) as an anthropometric tool is that extremes in BMI correlate with disease risk. Very high BMIs are associated with obesity and increased risk of chronic disease, and very low BMIs may indicate underweight or poor nutritional status. However, BMI does not give information about body muscle, fat, or shape.
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