In the spirit of rapprochement with Europe and reorientation away from the United States, it’s time to complete the Metrication process in Canada that was stopped prematurely by the Mulroney government.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
      1·
      2 days ago

      Basically just because it’s easier to measure. In reality, visceral fat is the thing they worry about, but you can’t run everyone through an MRI just for that.

      That being said, having a really high BMI is definitely bad. Saying that you’re healthy at 50 is taking a mile kilometer when given a centimeter.

      • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
        11·
        12 hours ago

        The articles first line starts with:

        Body mass index (BMI) is an anthropometric index that is commonly used in the medical setting and is a factor in assessing various disease risks

        If it’s good enough for doctors, it’s good enough for me. Wake me up when something else takes its place.

        • Nik282000@lemmy.ca
          1·
          6 hours ago

          Body mass index (BMI) is an anthropometric index that is commonly used in the medical setting and is a factor in assessing various disease risks but its origins are unknown by many. More importantly, BMI does not properly assess body fat percentage and muscle mass or distinguish abdominal fat from gluteofemoral fat, which is important to note because abdominal fat is associated with insulin resistance, metabolic disease, and cardiovascular complications. Using a less accurate index to assess the relationship between weight and disease risk is conceptually invalid because the use of BMI ultimately trickles into patient treatment, preventive medicine, and overall health outcomes.

          Completing the quote we find that there is a more important aspect to BMI than its common use.