At least I'm starting to read about inconsistent measurements. I'm always baffled how the only really consistent metric in use is body weight or BMI, which is p

At least I'm starting to read about inconsistent measurements. I'm always baffled how the only really consistent metric in use is body weight or BMI, which is pretty useless to pay attention to. I mean, you can just starve yourself and your BMI will go down whenever you want to take a test. Where I get pissed off is that health insurance companies will create policy around research based on shitty metrics. They really only seem to be capable of understanding what might help when things go REALLY wrong - as in you require constant drug use or surgery, because hey, they have patient data on that. But in terms of preventive medicine, insurance companies can't figure out what to do. Thus, it's completely random as to what you may or may not get covered for preventative techniques - like doing physical therapy to prevent surgery instead of recover from it. And if you have to pay out of pocket for this sort of stuff, damn... it gets expensive these days.