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BMI was never even meant to be an individual indicator of health. It was an attempt to classify larger groups. It also uses the same values for men and women,
by tallanvor 14y ago
BMI was never even meant to be an individual indicator of health. It was an attempt to classify larger groups. It also uses the same values for men and women, even though men typically have more muscles than women, raising their BMI.
Any individual who relies on BMI to decide whether or not they are overweight is doing it wrong.
- Lost_BiomedE 14y agoAgreed. Also, as we age, lower weight is associated with chronic or terminal illness. I haven't opened up the study, but unless they only looked at healthy participants, this will be another large confounding variable.