Comments on: Top 10 Reasons Why The BMI Is Bogus

By: J.B.

J.B. — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:55:14 +0000

In order for my BMI to be “Normal” I’d have to lose 100% of my body fat and 3 lbs of lean body mass.. I’d be dead. It’s a crock.

By: abby

abby — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:34:04 +0000

SO TRUE! it’s crap! I haven’t read the whole article so maybe it’s mentioned, but I HIGHLY recommend reading ‘Big Fat Lies’. BRILLIANT! I literally said out loud “WHAT?!?!?!’ about 10 times just reading the first chapter. It’s all about debunking all the myths and crap out there surrounding BMI, health, size, etc. READ IT!

By: Addish

Addish — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:38:07 +0000

Oh this just reminded me! I saw in the paper somewhere even saying that the bmi was full of crap. I just can’t remember exactly where I saw it. Darn.

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:05:32 +0000

I KNEW it!!!!!!!!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:33:54 +0000

“Mathematical snake oil…” Love it! Thanks for the link.

By: Porky

Porky — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:24:51 +0000

Hey there! Just wanted to let you know that I’m linking you now cause I love your posts. I look forward to reading more in the future!

By: Bethany

Bethany — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:05:44 +0000

Interesting article. I really agree that we need to rethink a lot of the categories and boxes we love to shove people into based on all sorts of bodily factors and measurements — maybe it allows us to classify people easily, and come up with absurd averages for what “normal” is, but it’s just so misleading on so many levels.

The last line was odd, in terms of the rest of the article, calling obesity “one of the leading causes of poor health and premature death.” While I’m not totally sure this is untrue in general, I think it’s at least worth noting that (as all HAES advocates will also assert), it is not a necessary connection in all cases.