BMI is a eugenicist tool created to calculate the weight of *populations,* not individuals. Even its creator said it shouldn’t be used to measure health. It only entered medical practice because American insurance companies wanted an easy tool for screening/denying claims.https://twitter.com/CakeNutrition/status/1401058532976377861 …
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Did you know they still monitor your BMI when you’re pregnant? A charming and pointless source of stress! I nearly wept with relief when the GP I saw while pregnant openly acknowledged, “Yeah, this is utter fake bullshit and we shouldn’t be using it, just ignore it.”
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ANYWAY: the moral of the story is, fuck BMI, and fuck any doctor who genuinely believes it has a purpose beyond furthering fatphobia and medical malpractice.
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I was “underweight” as a kid, have gained about 20lbs of muscle as an adult because of sports, and now have an “unacceptable” BMI. It’s meaningless for every body, just more weaponized against some bodies than others. Totally evil.
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