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a lot of people accept the BMI system as hard fact just because it’s integrated into the medical institution, but if you look at the history of its development and implementation, you’ll learn that it’s never been scientifically-backed
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Anonymous 4w

whether your interest is in body-positivity or radical fat liberationist politics, or even if you’re just working through being mistreated for your size, imo it’s extremely important to familiarize yourself with this subject. the BMI episode of the podcast Maintenance Phase is a great place to start

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Anonymous 3w

Interesting stuff

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Anonymous replying to -> nanners 3w

for sure, I think it’s super important to be aware of for a variety of reasons. helpful for internalizing the reality that fat bodies aren’t inherently “wrong” or in need of “fixing”, good foundation for thinking critically about aspects of the medical institution

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

Agreed

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