May 3, 2024

BMI measurement deemed ‘racist’ in new medical report: ‘This is politics, not medicine’

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. […]

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