Share on Pinterest A new study finds BMI scores for people over 40 may be less accurate. SolStock/Getty Images A new study finds that the body-mass index may be less accurate for people over age 40.

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Researchers found through in-depth scans some people over 40 with lower BMI may have had high levels of fat that would classify them as obese. A new study finds that body-mass index standards for ...

A child inherits around 35 percent to 40 percent of their body mass index from their parents, according to a study published in Economics and Human Biology. The research team, headed by the United ...