1. BMI absolutely sucks as a diagnostic tool. It turns a cubed-relation into a squared-relation, is based on no experimental data, and ignores frame completely.
We might just as well say you should weigh 2 lbs per inch of height -- it literally makes as much sense, but because it doesn't have a square root in it it doesn't sound sciencey.
2. There is a rampant level of obesity in this country. Travel west of NY or south of DC to see it. The north east is pretty skinny.
3. Using BMI is making it hard to study the problem of obesity. How I loathe that measure.
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We might just as well say you should weigh 2 lbs per inch of height -- it literally makes as much sense, but because it doesn't have a square root in it it doesn't sound sciencey.
2. There is a rampant level of obesity in this country. Travel west of NY or south of DC to see it. The north east is pretty skinny.
3. Using BMI is making it hard to study the problem of obesity. How I loathe that measure.