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BMI is BS

No BS Nutrition

English - January 08, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 38.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
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Hannah and Tareq have a discussion about the origins of BMI and why it doesn’t do what you think it does. BS of the Week: apple cider vinegar! Disclaimer: using the word obesity while we are talking about BMI.

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Links:

Dr. Richard Lee: “Ask the doctor: is vinegar good for the arteries?" Your Fat Friend: “The Bizarre and Racist History of the BMI” Rachel Hartley: “The Many Problems With BMI - AKA The BS Measuring Index” Robert H. Shmerling, MD: “How useful is the body mass index (BMI)?”@justsaysinmice


Journal articles:

"Apple cider vinegar soaks [0.5%] as a treatment for atopic dermatitis do not improve skin barrier integrity" (Luu et al., 2019)"Measuring Fatness, Governing Bodies: The Spatialities of the Body Mass Index (BMI) in Anti‐Obesity Politics" (Evans & Colls, 2009)"In BMI we trust: reframing the body mass index as a measure of health" (Gutin, 2018)

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