I have seen on several websites that BMI is not an accurate or reliable way of knowing if someone is healthy. Why is this information suddenly inaccurate?
In: Biology
BMI has never been a good indicator of health, nothing changed. It was originally created by a statistician who wanted to define what “average” was, and then used later by life insurance companies to try and determine who was “high risk” so they could charge us more. It wasn’t until the 70’s that its use became widespread thanks to a doctor named Ancel Keys who wanted to use it to promote diet pills.
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