Why does BMI have units of kg/m^2 when we are three dimensional? Wouldn’t kg/m^3 or g/cm^3 be more accurate?
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If you were using weight:volume you would end up with a number close to one. Water is 1g/cm^3. Being a very large proportion water we would be around there.
It would also be counterintuitive since fat is less dense than water. Using volume a more overweight person would have a LOWER BMI than a person with a healthy weight. Since this doesn’t align with more weight being a higher number it would confuse people
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