Dangerous Underweight Among Top Athletes Can Now Be Detected More Accurately Using The New Mass Index

... Unlike the Body Mass Index used in thepast, this innovative method also takes into account individual leg length.The new index was developed as part of a project by the Austrian ScienceFund FWF, which had already provided the basis for resolving the problem ofunderweight in ski jumping. The project was based on wide-ranging fieldstudies during the Olympic Games. [click link for full article] ...