To be clear, BMI is nothing more than a tool of oppression. How?
1. It separates people into different groups using arbitrary and totally inaccurate numbers and then attributes certain false characteristics to each group (healthy/unhealthy, at risk/not at risk)
1. It separates people into different groups using arbitrary and totally inaccurate numbers and then attributes certain false characteristics to each group (healthy/unhealthy, at risk/not at risk)
2. It is DELIBERATELY biased against marginalised groups such as Black & other non white European folks. And disabled folks. (This has nothing to do with bone density or fat so please stop using that as an excuse)
3. It is used to gatekeep medical procedures/treatments/surgeries from those who are often the most vulnerable and in need. It has created a 2 tier medical system.
4. It is used to STEAL FROM (statistically poorer) folks by unfairly increasing their insurance premiums.
4. It is used to STEAL FROM (statistically poorer) folks by unfairly increasing their insurance premiums.
5. It is used to deny folks the right to have a family who are unable to conceive naturally. This includes those with subfertility, LGBTQIA+ folks and disabled folks.
6. It is used to make false claims about risk of disease based on CORRELATION without adjusting for important factors (ironically including the fact that BMI is a tool of oppression and impacts health in a number of ways)
7. Its inaccuracy is now being used as an excuse to perpetrate medical weight stigma on fat folks in new and clever ways (eg. The lie that BMI limits are unfairly preventing individuals from accessing WLS or WL drugs)
8. Its inaccuracy is often attributed to the fact that it does not effectively differentiate between fat and muscle. Which further stigmatises fat folks who aren't muscular and elevates "athletes" who are being "unfairly mislabeled". This is nonsense and needs to stop.
9. It was first described by a eugencist who was invested in furthering the "superior" (read yt) race. It was co-opted by a well known fatphobe. Its use as an individual assessment has always gone against the advice of numerous experts.
10. It is the ONLY way we diagnose the so-called medical condition "ob*sity". Even though it is known to be completely inaccurate, it is used to classify people as having a chronic condition when in actually fact they are simply fat.
#EnoughlsEnough
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