Body mass index is used as a measure of obesity for all of the following reasons except

options:

a) noninvasive

b) precise

c) inexpensive

d) easy

b) precise

Explanation: BMI(BODY MASS INDEX) is a very vital measurement tool for evaluating and the determining the level of Obesity of overweight of a person.

Body mass index is noninvasive, it is inexpensive and easy way of knowing how well the body weight and height is related to a person's well being.

It is calculated as follows; WEIGHT(KILOGRAMS)/SQUARE OF THE HEIGHT(METERS)

"1. it should be, it has been for about 20 years, and it's really not much different in the end than breeding animals to have particular traits. there are always concerns about genetically engineered animals/plants affecting the environment in unexpected negative ways, but i can't think of an example where the fears didn't turn out to be baseless.  

first, as you point out, it would be a great advance in pharmacology, to be able to tailor drugs and their doses to me. the pros involve better medical treatment. the cons involve privacy issues like insurance companies denying coverage to people with genetic risk factors. looking at dna markers wouldn't affect the frequency of genetic diseases, but it would allow detection of them earlier. and ok, actually i suppose that if people used this information to avoid having children with genetic diseases, some might decrease in frequency."