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Original Research Article April L. Yerges Corresponding Author E-mail address: ayerges@edgewood.edu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3618-4262 College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin‐Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Correspondence April L. Yerges, Edgewood College, 1000 Edgewood College Drive, Madison, WI 53711.
While BMI is a simple and widely used screening tool for obesity, its ability to assess change in body composition over time is unknown. The index provides a common foundation for comparing individuals [11], but BMI cannot differentiate between fat and muscle. Thus, BMI has utility for screening and epidemiologic research however; there are limitations and increased risk for misclassifying growing children when using BMI and BMIz alone to define overweight and obesity [7].
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