The massive medical group says it has some value, but called for a better standard.

Let’s get those obese numbers down! Change the formula /jk

    • RayeRei@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Sure but often the call on wether a persons bmi is healthy or not comes down to a doctor. A clearer and more objective metric would leave less room for subjective bias amoung examiners. POC people already deal with a lot of that bias from doctors anyways

      • tallwookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        no one other than a health professional (dietician, doctor, etc) should be taken seriously on health related matters.

  • GhostedIC@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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.