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174: Is The AMA Saying BMI Should Be Scrapped!?
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The American Medical Association released a press statement saying that the use of BMI is problematic. Is this good news?? The AMA famously went against their own expert advice to classify fatness as a disease with the BMI as the way to diagnose the disease so what’s with this turn about? Does it mean that the BMI will be no more or is this just more sneaky weight loss industry lobbying which will cause more harm?
Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/174
Support me on Ko-Fi and get the Size Diversity Resource Guide: https://ko-fi.com/fiercefatty/tiers
AMA: Use of BMI alone is an imperfect clinical measure: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/ama-use-bmi-alone-imperfect-clinical-measure
AMA adopts new policy clarifying role of BMI as a measure in medicine: https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-adopts-new-policy-clarifying-role-bmi-measure-medicine
National Institutes of Health: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/National_Institutes_of_Health
9 Ways to Eat Clean: https://www.webmd.com/diet/default.htm?fbclid=IwAR0pJyF7CaHV6deTttRdAjIWkcwu1tkDnVVBGrWn6jgVElIs4N5LpVgQkXQ
Is Obesity A Disease or A Behavior Abnormality? Did the AMA Get It Right?: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6179496/#:~:text=In%20June%202013%2C%20the%20American,requiring%20treatment%20and%20prevention%20efforts
191 episoade
Manage episode 371061020 series 2651515
The American Medical Association released a press statement saying that the use of BMI is problematic. Is this good news?? The AMA famously went against their own expert advice to classify fatness as a disease with the BMI as the way to diagnose the disease so what’s with this turn about? Does it mean that the BMI will be no more or is this just more sneaky weight loss industry lobbying which will cause more harm?
Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/174
Support me on Ko-Fi and get the Size Diversity Resource Guide: https://ko-fi.com/fiercefatty/tiers
AMA: Use of BMI alone is an imperfect clinical measure: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/ama-use-bmi-alone-imperfect-clinical-measure
AMA adopts new policy clarifying role of BMI as a measure in medicine: https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-adopts-new-policy-clarifying-role-bmi-measure-medicine
National Institutes of Health: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/National_Institutes_of_Health
9 Ways to Eat Clean: https://www.webmd.com/diet/default.htm?fbclid=IwAR0pJyF7CaHV6deTttRdAjIWkcwu1tkDnVVBGrWn6jgVElIs4N5LpVgQkXQ
Is Obesity A Disease or A Behavior Abnormality? Did the AMA Get It Right?: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6179496/#:~:text=In%20June%202013%2C%20the%20American,requiring%20treatment%20and%20prevention%20efforts
191 episoade
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