Is BMI Scale Weighted Against African Americans? April 13, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. The body mass index (BMI) formula that is widely used to determine body fat may not be accurate for non-Caucasians ...

Body mass index (BMI) is associated with the development of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and admission to intensive care units (ICU) in African Americans, according to a single ...

Body mass index (BMI) is associated with the development of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and admission to intensive care units (ICU) in African Americans, according to a single ...

While African American patients have a higher prevalence of obesity and overweight status and continue to experience disparities in access to kidney transplantation, BMI does not appear to be a ...

The analysis included African American patients with confirmed COVID-19 who presented to an academic hospital between March 12 and April 9, 2020. In total, the study included 158 participants, 61% ...

Widely Used Body Fat Measurements Overestimate Fatness In African-Americans, Study Finds. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 06 / 090611142407.htm ...

Now in all fairness my BMI is higher than it should be but it did get me thinking about a long held theory of mine that the BMI calculator doesn’t work well for black women.

International Journal of Obesity - Quantitative trait loci for abdominal fat and BMI in Hispanic-Americans and African-Americans: the IRAS Family Study. Skip to main content.