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Is Body Mass Index Trash? How BMI is Antiquated

BODY MASS INDEX HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 1800s. We are in 2022 — Is it time for a better approach to measuring health? I recently stumbled across a provocative article titled “When Do We Stop Using BMI to Diagnose Obesity?”

And then there is Dr. Marina Harris’s provocative tweet from August 2022: “BMI is trash. Full stop.” This controversial tweet received 26,500 likes and almost…