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He's right - the BMI formula penalizes very muscular people and tall people. The height issue comes from the square term in the formula, and obviously it cant d
by paulsutter 8y ago
He's right - the BMI formula penalizes very muscular people and tall people. The height issue comes from the square term in the formula, and obviously it cant distinguish muscle from fat.
Nick Trefethen from Oxford:
https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen/bmi.html https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen/bmi.html