What is BMI and what does it actually mean? BMI is still the world’s most-used weight screening tool — Here’s what BMI misses and what doctors now recommend.

The health numbers to know go far beyond what your weighing scale shows. Yet most of us step on it first thing in the morning, hold our breath, and let that single number decide how we feel about ourselves for the rest of the day. But here’s the thing — your weight alone tells you…