As the Weekend Edition math guy, I spoke to Scott Simon and told him the body mass index fails on 10 grounds....
Monday, July 06, 2009
Are You Fat? Maybe, Maybe Not.
The US government uses the Body Mass Index, or BMI, to determine if someone is at a proper weight, is overweight, or obese. According to this article, though, it might not be a good metric at all:
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Wow, now I know why P.E. in school was so rigorous. Lousy BMI.
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