Have you heard of the Saggital Abdominal Diameter (SAD)?   How might we use SAD to height ratio in place of BMI?  Join host, Karli Burridge, as she reviews a recent journal article about a cost-effective and simple measurement technique for assessing excess adiposity risk that can be more accurate than body mass index (BMI).

Article:  Replacing the body mass index with the sagittal abdominal diameter (abdominal height) - PubMed (nih.gov)

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