"BMI" and "snake oil" in the same article: I like it!
7. It suggests there are distinct categories of underweight, ideal, overweight and obese, with sharp boundaries that hinge on a decimal place. That's total nonsense.That was # 7 of 10. Here's the link to the article on NPR in the Top Ten Reasons BMI is bogus... Parents beware! Here's a post I did a little while back about pooping or not and how it could tip your child from one category to the next... One mom I talked to today shared that she was appalled that her two year old was being labeled. What are your BMI horror stories?