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To: Secret Agent Man

BMI is a good measure of general metabolic health for 90%+ of the population.


9 posted on 08/08/2020 5:36:19 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

No its really not

It only looks at two things to come to a broad conclusion about your health

A person’s health is not a one size fits all based on one ratio


14 posted on 08/08/2020 5:41:37 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Mariner

BMI is an incorrect calculation that doesn’t even take volume into consideration.

BMI = kg/m2 where kg is a person’s weight in kilograms and m2 is their height in metres squared.

The result is that a short person can be pumpkin and be well below BMI 25 while a tall person can be a bean pole and be well above BMI 25.

You could make a valid BMI formula with a cubic factor, but current BMI is just a tool for professional affirmative action bureacrats and educrats to place blame on “obesity” when half the people they claim are obese, aren’t.


15 posted on 08/08/2020 5:42:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far greater danger from authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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