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I eat all the time. I run hot. I also fat. I also think BMI is not a good measurement, not just because it says I'm morbidly obese, but also because it skews i

• notacoward 4y ago
  BMI seems to be one of those things that everyone in the relevant field knows is pretty damn bad, but no consensus has formed around anything better so they keep using it anyway. (I'm sure there are parallels to things in the software world - SQL comes quickly to mind - but that's a bit OT so I'll resist the temptation to explore that idea further.)
  • batty_alex 4y ago
    > but no consensus has formed around anything better BSA (DuBois method, usually) is more common (and considered a better measurement) outside of the states and is more accurate for folks outside of the "average" range. BMI is probably so popular because of how simple the formula is, compared to something like BSA
  • jobigoud 4y ago
    It's a good enough first approximation for the vast majority of people but because it's not perfect it is criticized by people with unfavorable numbers… which is the majority of people in certain societies.
    • notacoward 4y ago
• Macha 4y ago
  Personally my idle body temperature seems to scale with my weight. In my teens and early 20s I was on the underweight/healthy boundary and would really feel the cold. At my peak weight mid-covid I was mid-overweight BMI and the amount of sweating I did definitely increased. I've been losing it again since resuming a more normal level of exercise as covid restrictions ease, and I'm about back into the healthy zone which is losing it a lot faster than I put it on, so I'm curious if I notice any differences in perceived body heat as the trend continues.