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Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York. According to Heymsfield's study of over 1,600 patients, a man aged 40 to 59 could have up to 24% body fat and still be healthy while a women of the same age could go all the way 38% body fat without a problem. There are nuclear issues various ways BMI could lead a doctor to the wrong conclusion about a patient's body fat, says Heymsfield. A healthy BMI is considered somewhere between 18.5 to 24.9. nuclear issues But an athlete nuclear issues with lots of muscle tissue could have a considerably higher number and not be overweight. Others might have an acceptable BMI but still be "overfat." Too little fat can also be a problem, says Heymsfield. In that case, women may have their menstrual cycles interrupted as well as develop osteoporosis, a dangerous thinning of bone. The researchers offer up George Washington as an example of BMI misclassification. They point out that the father of our country would have an unhealthy BMI of 25.7 based on his height and weight, but he couldn't be considered obese because of his active lifestyle.
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