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Oh come now. The formula is dead simple!

• datadrivenangel 2y ago
  You're technically correct. It's a formula, it's never 'wrong'. The issue is the mapping of the formula to health outcomes and categories and the limitations of it as a tool.
  • sabbaticaldev 2y ago
    I wouldn’t put “denser” people in the same group as tall people. Having heavy bones is an old excuse for being skinny-fat which is unhealthy
  • lukas099 2y ago
    But at a population level (as the article uses it) it’s mostly fine. Unless the sample skews tall or muscular like the Dutch or bodybuilders.
• lukas099 2y ago
  BMI is a screening tool with high sensitivity and low specificity. It is useful for selecting patients for further, more specific tests, such as waist measurement. But when talking about how the average BMI of all Americans has gone up, it’s mostly fine.