“I think you were trying to roast me, but this is actually fact — I do have a BMI of 30.
Critics say the term BMI has become a societal judgment by lumping individuals into arbitrary categories that perpetuate misconceptions about body weight.
“She could easily say, ‘I am in perfectly good health, so just take your BMI of 25 and shove it.’”That’s exactly the scenario facing Maher.
Conversely, BMI can underestimate body fat in older adults and anyone who has lost muscle, according to the Harvard T.H.
There is a movement in the medical profession to move away from crude BMI measurements in clinical practice.
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