BMI SCALE BULL$#!%

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In this video, I deconstruct the widely accepted usage of the Body Mass Index scale in the medical field. Premised on the understanding that many bodies do not fit into the BMI's prediction of health, I unravel the history of the BMI and how it became integrated into the mainstream in the USA. I talk about why the BMI scale fails as a measure of health and conclude, based upon its history, that the BMI stays in effect because it is more profitable than a healthier, more holistic standard.

SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Redux recalled as unsafe after 6M claims -
http://www.productliabilitylawyer.com/resources/product-liability/dangerous-d...

Rush toward new weight-loss drugs tramples patients' health - http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/sick2.html

CCF report on redefinition of "overweight" to benefit the diet industry & interested panelists -
http://www.obesitymyths.com/downloads/ObesityMyths.pdf

Why the BMI is bogus -
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439

Fat and healthy, not an oxymoron -
http://eng.feministblogs.org/tag/bmi/

The BMI Project, illustrating the BMI's ineffectiveness -
http://kateharding.net/bmi-illustrated/

Penn & Teller's BULLSHIT!: Obesity (S5xE01)

Primary data - the CDC on BMI: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/index.html

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[lovelyfairy27]

I'll never forget when one of the string bean wrestlers in my class was called morbidly obese when he didn't have an ounce of fat on him. It was ridiculous.

[SeizureBobcat]

@Toyman1982 You should be afraid of being fat, mostly because it is a health risk.

[KillerShadow117]

So you have issue with the BMI equation, maybe you leanred that you can actually test your BMI using a machine that you stand on that sends an electrical charge through your body measuring your actual BMI. Sometimes there just isn't a problem, you are just trying to make one.

[Toyman1982]

This is why its still cool and (ok) to make fun of fat people. everywhere i go i see people bitching about how UGLY someone is JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE FAT. sheeple have been brain-washed by the pharmaceutical companies to be afraid of being fat. when in REALITY we should be HAPPY we are fat and happy and not skinny and STARVING!

[DreifachZwei]

Thank you irrelevant sort-of fat white chick for putting your remarkable sleuthing skills to good use. I mean, there's not really much else going on in the world so I like the resolve you show in addressing the hard hitting issues of our day with such pinpoint accuracy.

I for one was riveted by your expose.

[Nayrbarr1234]

Everyone already know that BMI is bullshit.

[yurianne07]

@13ryan886 yeah the key is average--ppl here posting "i know someone who is buff/skinny/tall/etc etc..." are looking at individuals. if one averages all these, the bmi will hold. absolutely, these kinds of measures apply to groups. And there will be a few ppl who are at both ends (who ppl tend to remember more than the ave person) too big & too skinny. given our modern health habits, though, maybe the bmi can be modified...

[yurianne07]

@Osamabindansker alllah is pleased lol

[Osamabindansker]

another ugly slag showing her cleveage for the attention ..die you fucking whore

[hangover844]

money money money it makes the world go round

[thomasbrunskill]

I've always thought this!