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Anachronism-- t1_ixzskip wrote

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

There was a group of doctors who got sick of hearing “BMI doesn’t apply to me because I’m so muscular”. So anytime they heard that they pulled out the body fat calipers. The vast majority of these patients had unhealthy levels of body fat.

Edit - I can’t find the article and don’t remember the specifics but the main takeaway was of people who claimed BMI didn’t apply to them the vast majority where overfat.

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rymep t1_ixzu92b wrote

Why? if someone says "BMI is useless and doesn't apply to me" shouldn't they be happy the doctor is going to use another metric instead of just sticking to BMI?

That's what a good doctor should do, find another metric that the patient can relate to.

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Anachronism-- t1_ixzt6lb wrote

What is pseudoscience? Body fat? Skinfold caliper tests? Being overweight is unhealthy?

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ProofJournalist t1_iy08vv9 wrote

I bet you'd report a doctor for hurting your feelings if they accurately diagnosed you with cancer

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