Not tin-foil territory at all. IMO
See posts #2-4-6 & 8. It's about dependancy on Gov't. with the insurance companies jumping on the band wagon.
It's my understanding that what today is called the BMI is NOT BMI. My recollection is that BMI was developed as a more precise measurement of fitness than the height and weight tables. My first exposure to the concept was Dr. Kenneth Cooper's book and his explanation of how he measured it by immersing the patient in a tank of water. And I believe the point of this procedure was because it WASN'T POSSIBLE to determine a person's BMI from their height and weight. Over time, people looked for an easier way to approximate BMI without water immersion and "pinch" tests became common (the fat fold on the stomach, back, or arm). Today they use height-weight tables to calculate BMI which makes absolutely no sense to my understanding and memory of the concept. Am I suffering from false memory syndrome?