re: The Racist and Problematic Origins of the Body Mass Index

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It is certainly not unreasonable to surmise that different insular populations might evolve to store body fat differently, but that concept hardly renders BMI "racist."

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I had a friend that could eat all the hamburgers, pizza and BBQ he wanted and he never got fat. I was super jealous. For me to maintain a weight, even after 40, that wouldn't disqualify me from military service, I needed an average of 1,200 calories a day. He stayed lean and lightweight eating twice that much.

We're both in our early 40s. He now has high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and while I'm a tad bit heftier than he is, I have fine blood pressure and acceptable cholesterol levels. And he's still "skinny".

Much of this is genetics.

I bet he must shite like a pet coon, though.