A little good news: the study was wrong. First, the BMI is a miserable, inaccurate measurement. Second, all the studies of the BMI are based on Caucasians, who tend to be shorter and more broadly built than Bahamians. Third, the BMI is not a measure of fat. It is a ratio of height to weight, and nothing more.
I'm a mathematician who has studied obesity for over a decade, and I spent two years developing a scientific alternative to the BMI. My algorithm uses body stats, health history, exercise history, and lifestyle, and then calculates a range of healthy weight for each person. You can find it at www.weightzonefactor.com It is free - I'm happily retired.
samnorkeen says...
A little good news: the study was wrong. First, the BMI is a miserable, inaccurate measurement. Second, all the studies of the BMI are based on Caucasians, who tend to be shorter and more broadly built than Bahamians. Third, the BMI is not a measure of fat. It is a ratio of height to weight, and nothing more.
I'm a mathematician who has studied obesity for over a decade, and I spent two years developing a scientific alternative to the BMI. My algorithm uses body stats, health history, exercise history, and lifestyle, and then calculates a range of healthy weight for each person. You can find it at www.weightzonefactor.com It is free - I'm happily retired.
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