| In which I rant about fat & dollaz. www.facebook.com More sex+y goodness e'erday! lacigreen.tv tweet me! - http I have a G+ now - gplus.to In this video, I deconstruct the widely accepted usage of the Body Mass Index scale in the medical field. Premised on the understanding that many bodies do not fit into the BMI's prediction of health, I unravel the history of the BMI and how it became integrated into the mainstream in the USA. I talk about why the BMI scale fails as a measure of health and conclude, based upon its history, that the BMI stays in effect because it is more profitable than a healthier, more holistic standard. SOURCES & FURTHER READING Redux recalled as unsafe after 6M claims - www.productliabilitylawyer.com Rush toward new weight-loss drugs tramples patients' health - seattletimes.nwsource.com CCF report on redefinition of "overweight" to benefit the diet industry & interested panelists - www.obesitymyths.com Why the BMI is bogus - www.npr.org Fat and healthy, not an oxymoron - eng.feministblogs.org The BMI Project, illustrating the BMI's ineffectiveness - kateharding.net Penn & Teller's BULLSHIT!: Obesity (S5xE01) Primary data - the CDC on BMI: www.cdc.gov |