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by DontchaKnowit 1317 days ago
Yes THANK YOU. This is why it is infuriating to me that elementary/middle school students are still being graded on their BMI in gym class and taught to maintain a "good" BMI. With my body composition, I would be absolutely emaciated if I was on the lower end of the "healthy" BMI range. As it is I am bordering on obese, which if you saw me in person would be completely preposterous. The BMI itself is a pretty useless metric of body fat, and body fat is a pretty useless metric for health.