Reconciling obesity Guidelines

There are a few guidelines for determining obesity, so what do you do when they directly contradict each other? I've heard the "reliable" sources tell me that BMI and waistline are reliable indicators. So what do I do when a patient comes to me with a 24 BMI and a 40" waist? He doesn't show any sort of severe abdominal obesity or anything. His BMI says "normal," but his waistline meets the guideline for obese. I ask this in particular because I and one of my friends both have these same... Reconciling obesity Guidelines
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