Body mass index gets smack down: AMA calls out harms and “racist exclusion”

Body mass index gets smack down: AMA calls out harms and “racist exclusion”(arstechnica.com)

8 points by dlb007 2 years ago | 1 comment

a_shovel 2 years ago |

The 'overweight' category starts at 25, 'obese' starts at 30, and 'extremely obese' starts at 35. It's an interesting coincidence how these natural divisions in human health line up so perfectly with convenient, arbitrary-looking multiples of five in this one numeric scale.

a_shovel 2 years ago |

The 'overweight' category starts at 25, 'obese' starts at 30, and 'extremely obese' starts at 35. It's an interesting coincidence how these natural divisions in human health line up so perfectly with convenient, arbitrary-looking multiples of five in this one numeric scale.