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       2025-09-20T14:33:46+00:00
       
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       " It is time to introduce a new anthropometric index of weight inclusive to women and minorities that is a more accurate predictor of disease risk, has a stronger relationship between body fat percentage (BF%) and adiposity, and is a better representation of our patients’ overall health. Women and minorities were not included at all, or only comprised a small percentage of the 7,426 men in the 1972 Ancel Keys' study that sparked BMI’s modern-day usage in research and medical settings [2]. "Well yes, BMI has always been flawed. And that destructive arsehole Ancel Keys popularized it: that should be reason alone to get over BMI.But it's the framing, "inclusion", that makes me roll my eyes. BMI sucks also for white men, because it penalizes people who are naturally short and does not discriminate between muscle and fat. If you're short and powerful, or even tall and very powerful, you may have the same BMI as a lardass.And a better predictor should be preffered just because it's... better. Regardless of inclusion.