Beyond BMI: the value of more accurate measures of fatness and obesity in social science research.

By Richard V. Burkhauser, J. Cawley. Journal of Health Economics, 2008

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Obesity and socioeconomic status in developing countries: a systematic review (2012, result): “This suggests that BMI may still provide a sufficiently reliable picture of the degree of socioeconomic inequalities in overweight/obesity in developing countries, in some contrast to the finding from a US-focused study (55), which showed that the precise measure of fatness did significantly alter t”
Imitative Obesity and Relative Utility (2009, neutral): “We agree with Burkhauser and Cawley (2008) that this measure has limitations, but for simplicity in this paper we take BMI as the standard.”
Does Size Matter in Australia (2010, background): “(for an excellent discussion, see Burkhauser and Cawley 2008 ), but are not aware of better”
The medical care costs of obesity: an instrumental variables approach. (2012, neutral): “Like the previous literature, this paper uses BMI, which has been criticized as a measure of fatness because it does not distinguish fat from muscle (Burkhauser and Cawley, 2008).”
The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Obesity and Weight Gain (2009, neutral): “Hence, it is important to distinguish between the effects of fast food restaurants, per se, and those of other restaurants.”