reminder that the BMI scale was invented by a racist mathematician (not a doctor) for the purpose of eugenics and he himself even admitted later that it was and is not representative of health
the BMI scale was never intended to be used as a scale for individuals health and was only introduced into healthcare so that insurance companies could use it as a reason to increase the costs of life insurance, BMI is about profit not health
the BMI scale was never intended to be used as a scale for individuals health and was only introduced into healthcare so that insurance companies could use it as a reason to increase the costs of life insurance, BMI is about profit not health
the BMI scale was never intended to be used as a scale for individuals health and was only introduced into healthcare so that insurance companies could use it as a reason to increase the costs of life insurance, BMI is about profit not health
the BMI scale was never intended to be used as a scale for individuals health and was only introduced into healthcare so that insurance companies could use it as a reason to increase the costs of life insurance, BMI is about profit not health
https://elemental.medium.com/the-bizarre-and-racist-history-of-the-bmi-7d8dc2aa33bb
The Bizarre and Racist History of the BMI

Body Mass Index has been used in recent decades as a referendum on individual health. But it was never meant to be.

https://elemental.medium.com/the-bizarre-and-racist-history-of-the-bmi-7d8dc2aa33bb
the only people who have criticised or disagreed with this threat are abled white men, the BMI scale was made specifically for them, and think everyone else must be wrong rather than the scale being wrong
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just adding on this really good article as well!! https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/why-bmi-big-fat-scam/
Why BMI is a big fat scam

Body mass index is used to sell weight loss drugs, set insurance premiums, and counsel patients. There's just one little problem.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/why-bmi-big-fat-scam/
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