• deceitfulsteve
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    BMI “works” for populations. It was originally designed and characterized to measure populations, and so it’s the perfect thing to compare massive populations, like states. The majority of people are adequately characterized by BMI, just as they are by waist circumference measures. The “outliers” are vastly more likely to pipe up online.

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      The people who don’t understand what you mean but are obese are more likely to pipe up online.