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by wiremine 1758 days ago
I've read in a few places that BMI can be inaccurate too. Wondering if anyone has any good articles or perspective that dig into this some more:

1. Is it a "good enough" metric? 2. Is it "wildly inaccurate" for most, or just some outliers?
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twelve40 1758 days ago
If you are ripped af and most of your body mass is muscles then yes your high BMI can be safely ignored. For everyone else, it's definitely a "good enough" reflection of their bad habits.
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JshWright 1758 days ago
BMI can be inaccurate for an individual. That's because it was never designed as a metric to be applied to individuals, but rather to populations. This page is an example of BMI being used appropriately.
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dragonwriter 1758 days ago
> I've read in a few places that BMI can be inaccurate too

BMI can't be inaccurate, though conclusions drawn naively from it can be.

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