Lots of people angry about this article: https://gma.yahoo.com/school-tells-tiny-girl-her-body-mass-index-191006800--abc-news-wellness.html … But nobody seems to have bothered to check the arithmetic!
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If the girl is 3'10" and 54 lbs, her BMI is 18, which is *underweight*. BMI is bogus, but everyone's reading the wrong story here.
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@St_Rev The CDC child/teen online BMI calculator is here: http://nccd.cdc.gov/dnpabmi/Calculator.aspx … ; says BMI 17.9 is 86th percentile at the kid's gen. age.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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