There Has to Be a Better Measure than BMI | Olivia Affuso | TEDxBirmingham

In this intriguing talk, Olivia Affuso shares about the research her and her colleagues at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are doing to create an inexpensive, portable, and more accurate way to measure body fatness, and why it is important to ensure those who need access to lifesaving healthcare can receive it.

Olivia Affuso’s passion is using her field of research to help women and young girls live the life of their dreams without being held back from negative thinking.

An Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at UAB’s School of Public Health, Olivia has written several scientific publications in relation to physical activity, nutrition, and obesity in her career as an epidemiologist. She is a member of UAB’s Nutrition Obesity Research Center and Center for Exercise Medicine.

Her current research projects include the development of a novel method for measuring body composition, several meta-analytic studies for use in the development of effective childhood obesity interventions, and design issues in obesity randomized trials.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx