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by 11235813213455 2538 days ago
> Mortality rates are actually higher when BMI is below 20

When you see the typical Japanese centenarian, who have a BMI around 19 (mean: 19.3±0.4, median: 18.9 (11.9, 30.2), https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5107392/), it contradicts this statement. I'm not Asian, and I'm taller (BMI is usually lower for taller ppl)

in conclusion, people have very different morphologies, so BMI isn't so significant