@AwkwardPenguin to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-relatedEnglish • 1 year agoBody mass index gets smack down: AMA calls out harms and “racist exclusion”arstechnica.commessage-square5arrow-up15arrow-down11file-text
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minus-square@GhostedIClinkEnglish3•1 year agoThis has to be the dumbest of all the reasons to move away from BMI, but there are a lot of good ones. The reason BMI is still around is because theres not a good alternative that is fast and easy to measure.
This has to be the dumbest of all the reasons to move away from BMI, but there are a lot of good ones. The reason BMI is still around is because theres not a good alternative that is fast and easy to measure.