re: #243 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The Bizarre and Racist History of the BMI (Elemental at Medium)

The original measure was not intended to apply to individuals, just populations.

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Right now my BMI (as a sixty year-old white guy) is 17.6 (I gained a couple pounds from staying in during the pandemic)

Hey, I weigh the same as I did 25 years ago, but now at 73 I am 5 foot eight not 5 foot 10. Somehow, I don’t think the BMI calculation compensates for or accommodates shrinkage with age and that doesn’t seem fair.