{"id":14317,"date":"2016-02-08T15:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2016-02-08-another-study-shows-bmi-biometric-screenings-lack-efficacy\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T09:22:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T14:22:14","slug":"2016-02-08-another-study-shows-bmi-biometric-screenings-lack-efficacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2016-02-08-another-study-shows-bmi-biometric-screenings-lack-efficacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Study Shows BMI, Biometric Screenings Lack Efficacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/ijo\/journal\/vaop\/naam\/abs\/ijo201617a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> can be added to the growing body of research that shows that employers are doing more harm than good by implementing biometric screenings as part of employee wellness programs.\u00a0 To be published in the International Journal of Obesity, the study sought to examine the efficacy of using body mass index (BMI), a common tool used in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/biometric-screenings-for-organizations-and-employees-what-you-should-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">workplace biometric screenings<\/a>.\u00a0 An analysis of more than 40,000 participants that were aged 18+ in the nationally representative 2005\u20132012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that \u201cnearly half of overweight individuals, 29% of obese individuals, and even 16% of obesity type II\/III individuals were metabolically healthy. \u00a0Moreover, over 30% of normal weight individuals were cardiometabolically unhealthy.\u201d\u00a0 These numbers are even higher than that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/2015-09-02-cdc-study-bmi-is-incorrect-indicator-for-18-of-the-u-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CDC study<\/a> that suggested that 18% of U.S. adults get misclassified by BMI.\u00a0 \u201cUsing BMI categories as the main indicator of health, an estimated 74,936,678 U.S. adults are misclassified as cardiometabolically unhealthy or cardiometabolically healthy. \u00a0Policymakers should consider the unintended consequences of relying solely on BMI, and researchers should seek to improve diagnostic tools related to weight and cardiometabolic health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wellable.co\/resources\/ebook\/5-ugly-truths-about-biometric-screenings\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1803\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1803 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5-Ugly-Truths-About-Biometric-Screenings.png\" alt=\"5 Ugly Truths About Biometric Screenings\" width=\"1500\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the overwhelming evidence against biometric screenings, employers continue to implement them in programs and health plans continue to build \u201cinnovative\u201d wellness programs around screenings and 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