Invented the BMI.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index
It's not perfect but to this day nothing better has been found.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Quetelet
There's a YT video made by a mathematics full professor at Stanford calling Quetelet's BMI a 'hack'. Just goes to show, credentials don't cover for ignorance and stupidity.
On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 09:35:30 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs ><bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:
Invented the BMI.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index>
It's not perfect but to this day nothing better has been found.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Quetelet>
There's a YT video made by a mathematics full professor at Stanford calling Quetelet's BMI a 'hack'. Just goes to show, credentials don't cover for ignorance and stupidity.
A simple chart or graph of statistically healthy and unhealthy weights
vs height would be just as good as BMI, probably better.
On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 11:42:11 -0800, John Larkin <jl@997PotHill.com>
wrote:
On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 09:35:30 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs >><bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:
Invented the BMI.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index>
It's not perfect but to this day nothing better has been found.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Quetelet>
There's a YT video made by a mathematics full professor at Stanford calling Quetelet's BMI a 'hack'. Just goes to show, credentials don't cover for ignorance and stupidity.
A simple chart or graph of statistically healthy and unhealthy weights
vs height would be just as good as BMI, probably better.
That's exactly what is underneath the standard BMI curve.
Look at reference 32 in the BMI Wiki cited above, where the full
dataset is documented.
Joe Gwinn
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On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 15:01:31 -0500, Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net>
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On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 11:42:11 -0800, John Larkin <jl@997PotHill.com>
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On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 09:35:30 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs >>><bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com> wrote:
Invented the BMI.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index>
It's not perfect but to this day nothing better has been found.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Quetelet>
There's a YT video made by a mathematics full professor at Stanford calling Quetelet's BMI a 'hack'. Just goes to show, credentials don't cover for ignorance and stupidity.
A simple chart or graph of statistically healthy and unhealthy weights
vs height would be just as good as BMI, probably better.
That's exactly what is underneath the standard BMI curve.
Look at reference 32 in the BMI Wiki cited above, where the full
dataset is documented.
Joe Gwinn
Sure. The BMI calculation is just a way to make a simple thing more
complex. That happens a lot.
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On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 15:01:31 -0500, Joe Gwinn <joeg...@comcast.net> wrote: >On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 11:42:11 -0800, John Larkin <j...@997PotHill.com> wrote:
On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 09:35:30 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
Invented the BMI.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index>
It's not perfect but to this day nothing better has been found.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Quetelet>
There's a YT video made by a mathematics full professor at Stanford calling Quetelet's BMI a 'hack'. Just goes to show, credentials don't cover for ignorance and stupidity.
A simple chart or graph of statistically healthy and unhealthy weights >>vs height would be just as good as BMI, probably better.
That's exactly what is underneath the standard BMI curve.
Look at reference 32 in the BMI Wiki cited above, where the full
dataset is documented.
Sure. The BMI calculation is just a way to make a simple thing more complex. That happens a lot.
Invented the BMI.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index
It's not perfect but to this day nothing better has been found.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Quetelet
There's a YT video made by a mathematics full professor at Stanford calling Quetelet's BMI a 'hack'. Just goes to show, credentials don't cover for ignorance and stupidity.
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On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 09:35:30 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs <bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
Invented the BMI.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index
It's not perfect but to this day nothing better has been found.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Quetelet
There's a YT video made by a mathematics full professor at Stanford calling Quetelet's BMI a 'hack'. Just goes to show, credentials don't cover for ignorance and stupidity.I'm wondering why a professor of mathematics considers the
uses of such an arbitrary measurement to be within his own
bailiwick, or why its 19th century developer should be
considered 'brilliant'.
RL
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wrote:
On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 11:42:11 -0800, John Larkin <j...@997PotHill.com> >wrote:
On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 09:35:30 -0800 (PST), Fred Bloggs >><bloggs.fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
Invented the BMI.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index>
It's not perfect but to this day nothing better has been found.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Quetelet>
There's a YT video made by a mathematics full professor at Stanford calling Quetelet's BMI a 'hack'. Just goes to show, credentials don't cover for ignorance and stupidity.
A simple chart or graph of statistically healthy and unhealthy weights >>vs height would be just as good as BMI, probably better.
That's exactly what is underneath the standard BMI curve.
Look at reference 32 in the BMI Wiki cited above, where the full
dataset is documented.
Joe GwinnSure. The BMI calculation is just a way to make a simple thing more
complex. That happens a lot.
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