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by maddyboo 1800 days ago
> I also think % body fat would be a better measure of obesity than BMI.

The author mentioned why they list BMI rather than body fat percentage in part 1:

> (Most experts consider measures like body fat percentage to be better measures of adiposity than BMI, and we agree. Unfortunately, nearly every source reports BMI, and most don’t report body fat percentage. Here, we use BMI so that we can compare different sources to one another.)

https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2021/07/07/a-chemical-hunger-p...

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That's fair, I guess. He can only work with the data he has been given. All the sources need to change.