[scarby2]

sadly it's often misused. When there are things like BMI qualifications on medical interventions or where jobs have physical requirements.

I knew a guy who really wanted to join the fire service but couldn't meet the BMI requirements as he was in the 'obese' BMI bucket, In this case he was just very broad and very muscular (built like the colloquial brick shithouse). By their requirements jonah lomu would not have been able to join because he was 'obese'

[wombat-man]

That's crazy. A lot of the firefighters I see are uh, fairly big people. The test should be the physical exam.

[paulpauper]

please delete your comment for going against bmi = health/fitness orthodoxy