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Your case is exception, not the rule. People always bring up how inaccurate the BMI is, and it's true but not for the reasons they usually think (i.e., overesti
by caaqil 5y ago
Your case is exception, not the rule. People always bring up how inaccurate the BMI is, and it's true but not for the reasons they usually think (i.e., overestimating how prevalent obesity is). BMI is bad because it actually underestimates obesity prevalence.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20125098/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20125098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877506/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877506/
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0033308 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...