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rymep t1_ixzmxcg wrote

Reply to comment by cabalavatar in Why do children with a higher bmi start puberty earlier? by -LoveMeMore

The medical field doesn't use BMI for children (under 18) and understands what population it's not useful for. It's popular to bash on BMI, but for population level studies it's still a reasonably useful metric.

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DessaStrick t1_ixzvc79 wrote

Hah. Tell that to my pediatrician who was very focused on my BMI.

Also being an NP myself now, as an adult, have never heard of not using BMI below 18.

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