The unethical use of BMI in contemporary general practice

@angelshinguji @JoOmY_RealGOAT BMI has been an outdated use of measurement for more than a decade you dolt. If you wanna talk smart and ‘medical’ actually be smart https://t.co/6X1rcKNgVk

RT @safiyaswrld: @lDVsn4bS0y18333 @tiny0w0 https://t.co/T7uDkQmXbW https://t.co/pzlN9MOy5D 2 good reads on the matter

@SEAConsv @MoonsproutWitch https://t.co/1jHpiruAWf https://t.co/Skh9lUR9cq https://t.co/Le0n5Vns17. I could do this all day (if I didnt have to go to work)

@feelsdesperate it’s not about false positives, but about false negatives. from another article https://t.co/uKchiYjvHX https://t.co/7OnMwoF4iK

@shapedout Here are some resouces: https://t.co/e65HMUb256

@MOONBLAZ3 Here are some resouces: https://t.co/e65HMUb256

@slickssuicide @tiny0w0 Here are some resouces: https://t.co/e65HMUb256

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@cvnt2007 @tiny0w0 Here are some resouces: https://t.co/e65HMUb256

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@lDVsn4bS0y18333 @tiny0w0 https://t.co/T7uDkQmXbW https://t.co/pzlN9MOy5D 2 good reads on the matter

@genostarving BMI is the worst measurement ever. Stop using it it is TRASH. https://t.co/5Xf0s8i1DF

@rvandenbel @Info_inlet @DiGiTaL48632733 BMI is geen accuraat meetmodel. Daarnaast zijn uw “oplossingen” niet reëel, rendabel of uitvoerbaar te noemen https://t.co/IZSjpWpdWf

@rvandenbel @DiGiTaL48632733 @Info_inlet Van BMI is allang aangetoond dat het geen accuraat, laat staan objectief, meetmodel is. https://t.co/IZSjpWpdWf

@girdley @_robyn_smith BMI is garbage, and was never meant to be used the way it’s come to be used: https://t.co/5RjP9slVVj

RT @z3po94: @bfhermann @KathyCybele @realdocv God you’re insufferable https://t.co/oSl3YipRLB

@bfhermann @KathyCybele @realdocv God you’re insufferable https://t.co/oSl3YipRLB

@Temannm12 @urthel0ser @Mary72559518813 You know low IQ is maternally inherited ? It’s okay there . Hopefully you can do more than look at color pictures and read on BMI https://t.co/SGzmaWjkSp!

@blooolhnnnn @GamesSoulof @shelboob @ClaireMax What opinion? https://t.co/lXnDv7XF0c

@Eli_B_Again @LinkofSunshine https://t.co/xsxw96bYHa https://t.co/1o7RFlX5Rd Derp derp I posted a .gov dat means I’m the scientist.

@The_Donkeyy @goddessxlovely @ClaireMax Or this one: https://t.co/i2Pz71HEwK https://t.co/W2MSaLBTKr

@ClaireMax https://t.co/IGDBdPIABm at least some doctors seem to agree, the problem seems to be the bigger bodies like ‘NICE’ and their guidelines that are archaic.

@temannm @chillimnotacop @Dieudonnem55 It says bm are obese too , if you knew anything you’d know the invention of BMI is flawed and did not take black people or say Polynesians into account . Proof you need to go to school 🤡 https://t.co/SGzmaWjkSp!

@sheologian @threetigermoon https://t.co/KYhJFoiFVV

@cruelsardaukar It's not just muscle mass. Other important variables are bone density, race, age, sex… Here's a good write-up: https://t.co/65ztRCs57r

@histoftech Try https://t.co/mv7WpzVuGI; https://t.co/zDPjtM5j7E

@LeslieReneeCum1 @joyinbrokeness @mikeshelogowski @SiriusDrakeCGBI @itsJeffTiedrich https://t.co/ovdEpnlHjx

@ornithization oh this is a topic i’m REALLY passionate about. here’s a few credible ones i’m familiar with as i cite them frequently https://t.co/cBcLS7sQcC https://t.co/i6fH9PNXgW. https://t.co/EOsvilfcNk https://t.co/TLgW8KeRzg

@nuka_coffee_ @hhoney_pie Ви могли обрати 2 шляха: вивчити питання або знов зманіпулювати, вчепившись у єдину частину мого аргументу, в якій ви бачите свій шанс хоч щось довести Будь ласка: https://t.co/GCuIt6qLsF https://t.co/s1XGNG4A1W https://t.co/1SXM

@__Samantha8 BMI is a deeply flawed method of judging health and is no longer used in many countries. Published articles in peer reviewed journals have questioned it's continued use in the UK here is just one of them. https://t.co/cYt9GVMrML

@strawmandesign https://t.co/mMwKqeKACB

@DaveMcLion @marsupRF @el_pais https://t.co/Lj1G2JQ00W

RT @MrsMoEnglish1: @HealingMindsTW https://t.co/gcdVsqy9y1 BMI should NEVER be a health indicator in ED patients; infuriatingly it continu…

RT @adepressedwitch: Link: https://t.co/ULz5KYeDiZ Pero como digo, es uno de tantos. Otro ejemplo. https://t.co/hI4lneWXkT Y ni siquiera e…

I could not agree more.🌻

@HealingMindsTW https://t.co/gcdVsqy9y1 BMI should NEVER be a health indicator in ED patients; infuriatingly it continues to be cited despite contra-evidence. It’s a ‘side effect’ of recovery based on cal intake by prescription esp. in ED units. BMI use b

Link: https://t.co/ULz5KYeDiZ Pero como digo, es uno de tantos. Otro ejemplo. https://t.co/hI4lneWXkT Y ni siquiera es algo nuevo, pero aquí seguimos, usando el IMC como si nada. Lo peor es que mucha gente piensa que es bastante correcto cuando ni de lejo

BMI is not useful for an assessment of an individual’s fatness. It was developed as a statistical tool that looks at populations. https://t.co/A72CZMD9wd

@jimmybricks3 @Gilliga41879342 @_celia_bedelia_ https://t.co/cGPtNHy11T

@ImRobDuh @isabellarileyus Science doesn’t even agree with this claim. BMI is outdated. https://t.co/vZeP8dq0b6

@Sona_unplugged Again an indicator that BMI is not the best measure of obesity. Though it's convenient and is helpful to identify the morbidly obese or underweight ( if the eye fails to do so), normal BMI is not backed by evidence. Linking one my favourit

@IsaiahLCarter @WinyahBayPub @JayCartere @FOWLAZULE BMI is racists because it was created using measurements of white males. Some people have healthy BMIs but are in fact dangerously unhealthy. https://t.co/KVW4lOMoC7 https://t.co/VyNVDtEDXG https://t.co

@localbictor @FOWLAZULE https://t.co/0ugBZmMiO8 https://t.co/MlGsdgG3e1 https://t.co/gs6UudT7hq

@ZubyMusic I see your point but as a physician, I can tell you the biggest issue with BMI is it’s inability to distinguish body fat from music tissue. It’s failure to account for racial differences is a secondary issue https://t.co/gKbGRZhVwD

Bioimpedance is one. https://t.co/vYgEtLfEil "BMI is not only overly simplistic, but such a glib understanding can in fact be harmful to the health of a significant proportion of our patients." cc @ZubyMusic

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Hate that I've gotta bring this up again because jfc people BMI scales are completely off Sources for anyone who doesn't believe me for some stupid fuckin reason https://t.co/BW4w7h8tpp https://t.co/vvxHRBl6Sq https://t.co/xZk2cVyONx

@Vicintemon @JairoRod01_ @myonnaslibrary A lot of health scientists moved away from BMI decades ago. Also hilarious that you said "listen to yourself" made me giggle. Love those pretentious "I'm a man of logic" statements. https://t.co/vTxvsf3n31

@kgwrockstr78 @Jamyasaquae @lavishbosss_ “‘Many Asian races, particularly those from the Indian subcontinent, tend to carry a proportionately higher fat mass for a given BMI than Caucasians. The reverse is true for most black people and for Polynesians.’”

@NobleQAli The unethical use of BMI in contemporary general practice https://t.co/CmlbsNKyjy

https://t.co/sdnifKyfvp interesting article about bmi and what is wrong with as a scale for health measurement. yes i still use the number because i am from a western place but if you are East Asian specifically, I would recommend reading this

If my words aren’t still enough then these links are https://t.co/7UgyF6yZj6 https://t.co/sOYqGvqO9L https://t.co/IK4mYpusY0 https://t.co/NdiysNFeDr https://t.co/JIL8FxCowA https://t.co/t3f7jrrB9E

@k8_lister BMI is absolute garbage, and anyone using it as a marker of health should be soundly ignored. https://t.co/xkGjafMjph

@Holiistically @KwaMegaMane @Whitleysdaughtr That would work for your argument, but there are several measures we use to gauge obesity. The BMI is not the only one, but all of the measurements tell the same story of many black women in America. https://t.c

@advantagephysio BMI is racist. It’s only use is to compare bodies to those of Belgian men from the 1830s. https://t.co/I2MBcaOpEr https://t.co/hvnuejeUEQ

@atriumviscus @ElectroMayhem73 @MansaMusaBey @b1_freedmen @amarihanifahh https://t.co/b0d91BM90A https://t.co/zzp5ERVWJq https://t.co/ZcaRA4AdUg

RT @TaryntheR: @downtown7thave 😂🤣😂🤣😂 Not you trotting out a random chart that seems to be modeled after the extremely racist form of measur…

RT @TaryntheR: @downtown7thave 😂🤣😂🤣😂 Not you trotting out a random chart that seems to be modeled after the extremely racist form of measur…

RT @TaryntheR: @downtown7thave 😂🤣😂🤣😂 Not you trotting out a random chart that seems to be modeled after the extremely racist form of measur…

RT @TaryntheR: @downtown7thave 😂🤣😂🤣😂 Not you trotting out a random chart that seems to be modeled after the extremely racist form of measur…

RT @TaryntheR: @downtown7thave 😂🤣😂🤣😂 Not you trotting out a random chart that seems to be modeled after the extremely racist form of measur…

@downtown7thave 😂🤣😂🤣😂 Not you trotting out a random chart that seems to be modeled after the extremely racist form of measurement commonly referred to as BMI https://t.co/yvZa78UxQj

@jarandon1 oh? i don’t think i’m the one that needs to study, here’s some articles that are more than just news outlets, since you wanna try and pretend that news outlets are the only sources that have said this. - https://t.co/U5UF0oEmLy - https://t.co/2

@pmkirkham @guardian https://t.co/R6Ls4JFKJq and of course https://t.co/pZlArLCKMf

RT @paul_t_miller: https://t.co/nUvpTzBohp body mass index is problematic at best

https://t.co/nUvpTzBohp body mass index is problematic at best

@BobFergusonAG https://t.co/xIrAwokLKb please stop Hospitals from denying healthcare based on outdated racist criteria

Also this article is also helpful on understanding how racist BMI can be https://t.co/uNMMgZYQ1Z

and so, if not understood well, can mislead others into thinking that "normal" should be the goal when the cutoffs otherwise vary across populations and subgroups. https://t.co/59Rxnn0Z9Z

@NyamenSedap Using stats based on BMI, a known flawed measurement which doesn’t take into account lean muscle… I assume you are a fat lazy civvy based on stats that says 64% of uk population are overweight and obese? https://t.co/pmpQ1uNuzk

@AyoItsKMO @DrewAfualo I think this article does really well of explaining why the BMI scale is not a useful tool for determining healthiness. Personally, I don’t think there’s any good “standard” for determining at what weight an individual becomes at ris

@dapiryoopso BMI udah lama didebunk kok. Aku waktu di FF kemarin juga assessmentnya nggak pernah berdasarkan BMI, tapi persentase lemak tubuh, otot, sama air. Ada alatnya di sana. https://t.co/Jj42jYralE

@TonyNashNerd It's already happening https://t.co/gOMme5aG0g

@Chris_English_1 @District7 @jwmares @MaintenancePod I literally sent a link from the same resource that refutes BMI https://t.co/MQoM4thDYb I said the error doesn’t matter in the long run because it’s not even a scientific measurement. Have you even read

@Chris_English_1 @District7 @jwmares @MaintenancePod I’ve already addressed this.

Louder for you fucks in the back.

@wwalsh @District7 @jwmares @MaintenancePod The amounts literally don’t matter considering it’s a discredited measurement. A simple google turns up plenty of info on this https://t.co/gEXm2nC8Fa https://t.co/gqzEQ1EzNx https://t.co/MQoM4thDYb It is an

@DutchessCharm @JiorJette @RhysJuan @izootop8 @CoachFelecia bruh when the fuck did i say that? don’t put words in my mouth, acting like i said any specific race is fat https://t.co/rIASVk24nA

@perdishoe @smolwarden @KristiCCoulter @themysticghost4 @AlienSuccubus @scrowder BMI is bullshit. https://t.co/5X16kodIho

@Henswor1Douglas @mayitagordita_ “The studies used body mass index (BMI) to assess obesity.” Oops. https://t.co/gFMTU2ATp7

@oOPPHOo @liberaljanee https://t.co/EmsodjMgLk

The main original critique of BMI seemed to be that it didn't capture who was fat accurately enough. Not that excessive adipose tissue (or even weight) wasn't associated with poor health outcomes. https://t.co/Q7YLwfrrw7

More trash takes here, correlation is not causation and any study trying to link BMI to human conditions is already trash, the continued of BMI is unethical, see linked https://t.co/pfFs09faTz

@kebabbender @MistressStreams @msmisanthropeAZ @valleylife123 @SilentTompkins @ambernoelle Here’s a journal if you need help finding one https://t.co/0w74pG2xFH

@Garnet_1987 @whitegumballs @banthefox40 https://t.co/u1LEyNr8Bu https://t.co/TRfp6wjcDr https://t.co/PoRXnulYBW It’s literally not LMFAO this isn’t a matter of opinion you’re factually incorrect

@Gav57852174 @BadMedicalTakes Interesting https://t.co/9TrAt27Jjm

@johnhydejr @LethalityJane https://t.co/B87ejWzv0K

@lokaas_onzin @DenaeSpeaks @baldseacreature @Ajernboy @Teddy_Harris3 https://t.co/HWglleW1yp :))

@onlyskylarvox a couple of articles: https://t.co/O0aqRgqu5M https://t.co/KB4LddOUFP

@drbogash @Solaire01444301 @morethanmusic_1 @5thstreet315 @LPNational @POTUS A high BMI does not always = obesity, though. Here’s an excellent article explaining why: https://t.co/ggl1AWEnSg

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@MatthewVocke @37duff Yall are actually really stupid. Like fr In psychology we also have to study these aspects of general physical medicine to understand the correlation between psych and bio https://t.co/f1jzDyzCrG

@cripipper21 So you really couldn't even Google it eh? https://t.co/zIDPQjX75i

@Mark08ball83 @JohnWebbEsq @AnaKasparian @jordanbpeterson Read the thread. I posted the links. You are way behind the times. https://t.co/VSVpfs2Llq

@CaptBRM @biggestjoel What’s the nhs? https://t.co/6nqoamZBtK https://t.co/DUGEG4q6pe. https://t.co/WYUp11VZHd https://t.co/VSVpfs2Llq Enjoy

@Asclepius_xray @AthertonAnnika @SimianSeminar @jacasiegel https://t.co/vfVbyKU21E

@convomf Sources lainnya bisa dilihat di sini ya https://t.co/VskrQbZ500 https://t.co/6CdUR1VuvY Di artikel harvard ini juga dibahas bahwa, gapapa kalau mulai cek kesehatan dari BMI, tapi jangan dijadikan patokan utama, karena banyak inaccuracynya, hany

@ByrneItUp @hnpolymath @morganisawizard @Little_italic @yawningemoji here. shut up https://t.co/PKtckNthx4