Body mass index has been the go-to body composition metric for more than 4 decades, but a suggests that the waist-to-hip ratio may be a stronger predictor of relevant outcomes. In this video analysis, 乌鸦传媒 clinical reviewer F. Perry Wilson explores the data.
, is an assistant professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine. He earned his BA from Harvard University, graduating with honors with a degree in biochemistry. He then attended Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. From there he moved to Philadelphia to complete his internal medicine residency and nephrology fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. During his post graduate years, he also obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is an accomplished author of many scientific articles and holds several NIH grants. He is a 乌鸦传媒 reviewer, and in addition to his video analyses, he authors a blog, . You can follow .