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The BMI is radically oversimplified. I don't think any professional is surprised that well built athletic people fall outside the target audience for that metri
by switchbak 6y ago
The BMI is radically oversimplified. I don't think any professional is surprised that well built athletic people fall outside the target audience for that metric.
It really is just a ratio of weight to height, after all. Of course that's going to have its limitations.
- chrisseaton 6y agoSo why are we criticising 'overweight' people if we know it's a broken metric?
- ntsplnkv2 6y agoIt's confusing but let's be honest, we aren't talking about really fit body builders with muscle. We're talking about people with excess fat. Body fat % is a better metric, but you don't really need that if you're a doctor and can tell your patient has too much of it and the scale says so too.
- brongondwana 6y agoFor the same reason that people use Newtonian physics even though we all know it's a simplification which doesn't apply exactly to all situations. BMI is also obviously not going to work the same for an amputee, but it's an OK heuristic for most people.