Is body mass index still a good tool for obesity evaluation

Obesity has been increasing worldwide during the last decades (,). According to the World Health Organization (WHO 2014), 17.3% of Brazilians are obese (). The diagnosis of obesity has huge consequences as this disease is associated with several comorbidities like diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and also increased mortality (). Considering the pandemic of obesity, there is a need of a simple, reliable and low-cost tool for obesity evaluation. The definition of obesity is based on the percentage of fat mass [...]