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We have an epidemic of overweight people. We can worry about misleading BMI stats when we have an epidemic of bodybuilders who worry they might actually be over

• kbenson 6y ago
  Isn't that exactly what I'm addressing? How using misleading or bad metrics can lead to a mistrust in what is being conveyed? Think "Reefer madness" and all the bunk science out about Marijuana in the 80's and 90's. Did anyone trust the information coming out at that time? I would hazard most in their teens and twenties didn't, which is exactly who that information was intended to sway. Trust is important. If people don't trust that what you're saying is accurate because it's easy to point out the shortcuts taken that muddy the results, I think eventually they are going to look at most results about that subject with a grain of salt. At that point they've been trained to do so. The best ammo against a problem is clear and accurate information. Not fear-mongering and FUD, or even something adjacent that's just imprecise enough to be easily called into question. All that does is cause confusion and arguments over veracity.