[claytongulick]

> BMI denialism

You've already pointed out that it depends on what you're using it for, and that's it's not especially useful on an individual basis. Why the weird Holocaust association?

BMI isn't a great measure for a lot of reasons.

There's way too much variation in height and muscle mass. There's variation based on race as well, for example CMS has different standards for DPP eligibility if you're asian [1].

BMI was created in 1830, and has always been of limited usefulness. There are much better methods for measuring health in relation to total body fat.

It is completely reasonable to be critical of it [2] when it's used improperly (which is very common).

[1] https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/medicare-diabetes-preventi...

[2] https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/255712