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Originally Posted by CybrSage
BMI of as created long ago in France. The inventor said it should not be used for individuals, it is used for a population to give a high level oversight.
Then the US government said using the bodies if French peasants from the 1800s was too much so they lowered the weights.
Millions went to sleep in shape and woke up officially overweight and many work up suddenly becoming obese...
Tom Cruise has always been considered grossly obese due to him being short and having so much muscle.
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You nailed it. It is worthless for individual diagnosis. It is for population studies so they can draw charts like this:
The CDC 2023 Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps for 48 states, the District of Columbia, and 3 U.S. territories show the proportion of adults with a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 ( ≥30 kg/m2) based on self-reported weight and height.
