The American Medical Association is under fire for saying the body mass index scale (BMI) is racist. Medical officials are now discouraging doctors from using BMI to solely determine if a patient is in a healthy weight bracket due to the scale’s supposed discrimination. The medical community labeled the scale as “imperfect” and “problematic,” claiming […]
American Medical Association under fire for saying BMI is racist: ‘Pushing an agenda’
August 31, 2023 by
BMI measurement deemed ‘racist’ in new medical report: ‘This is politics, not medicine’
August 30, 2023 by
The American Medical Association (AMA) is now discouraging the use of body mass index (BMI), calling it an “imperfect” and “problematic” means of assessing body fat and claiming it has been used for “racist exclusion.” The comments were included in a report presented at the 2023 AMA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois earlier this month. […]