BMI standards are 'racist': American Medical Association

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In reply to HollywoodBQ • 2:15p, 6/26/23
HollywoodBQ said:
MouthBQ98 said:
So the AMA is basically saying minorities are fatties? Seems racist.
I went to Disneyland last week and Dodger Stadium today.

Everybody is fat but there are certain demographic groups who seem to have a higher prevalence of being gigantic.
that's the thing - people are no longer just fat. They're enormous. It's gross and so incredibly unhealthy.
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In reply to BassCowboy33 • 2:17p, 6/26/23
BassCowboy33 said:
To be fair, BMI doesn't work for a lot of people, white or otherwise. When doing my physical testing for the Navy, I always tested overweight (BMI 31), despite the fact I was about 8% body fat at the time. I'd have to go to the fatty line and take my shirt off and do all the measurement stuff. I always got a good laugh from the reactions of the medical personnel doing the fat people stuff when I got in that line.
Similarly, our company used to have a health screening and it was kind of awkward when I was 6'3" 230, muscular and in the best shape of my life, and the poor unhealthy looking moderately overweight technician had to tell me that I was "overweight" and could do xxxx to help mitigate that.
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