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

submitted 2 years ago by AwkwardPenguin to c/health

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

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[–] tallwookie 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

calling someone obese/fat isnt racism.

[–] RayeRei 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 2 points 2 years ago

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