On today's episode we dissect the BMI and it's racist and sexist origins. Why did insurance companies still use the BMI studies KNOWING it didn't apply to any of the Black participants? Why was a tool like the BMI used to measure health when there were ZERO women in its study groups?
Some resources:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-racist-roots-of-fighting-obesity2/https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a35047103/bmi-racist-history/https://elemental.medium.com/the-bizarre-and-racist-history-of-the-bmi-7d8dc2aa33bb
