The Problem with BMI

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a widely used measure of body fat based on an individual's weight and height. It is a simple and quick screening tool TODAY because online there are calculators. But when the CDC and the NIH switched from the easy Hamwi in 1985 it wasn’t to make it easy since you needed to know square roots and other complicated math and in metrics too! They did it so they could jigger the formula so no one would be obese! Love yourself! FAT Acceptance here we come.