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My understanding is this is precisely backwards: using BMI to gauge your own health is inaccurate, but using it to analyze populations is the intended purpose.
by psgibbs 6y ago
My understanding is this is precisely backwards: using BMI to gauge your own health is inaccurate, but using it to analyze populations is the intended purpose.
- Clubber 6y agoAs the country gets more fit, and that fat turns into muscle, what happens to the BMI? It either gets higher or stays the same, right? Certainly a good measure to perpetuate a crisis.
- t-writescode 6y agoLet's cross that bridge when we get there. In the meantime, I more regularly see the people whose BMI is highly correlated with their body fat percentage; and, one of those requires a scale and a number that doesn't change after your early 20s. The other one requires a tape measure, calipers or an immersion pool.