"BMI is a pseudoscience like how love languages are"

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DaddyReagan pot/us :usa:

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3mo ago #6849170

Bmi is accurate but what kills me is that instead of it being a list its a formula which causes it to be inaccurate at the highest and lowest heights. There's absolutely no reason for this and instead of fixing it they keep suggesting modified formulas. It's bizarre.

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syscoshill re/heat Rdrama's official Sysco® rep! Ask me about Sysco® DaddyReagan 3mo ago #6849270

There's absolutely no reason for this and instead of fixing it they keep suggesting modified formulas.

They're equivalent, and a formula is more versatile to anyone who isn't afraid of math.

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DaddyReagan pot/us :usa:

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syscoshill 3mo ago #6849301 Edited 3mo ago

It's not more versatile. It's an attempt to approximate a list of values that are not continuous which is r-slurred.

If the formula is so great then just make your own that approximates the values from a list. Unless you're afraid of math.

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tempest me/me syscoshill 3mo ago #6849336

Linear interpolation would be better.

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BoBandy they/them DaddyReagan 3mo ago #6849227

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BoBandy 3mo ago #6849305

Shut the frick up r-slur. I'm so tired of hearing about high fructose corn syrup from r-slurs that think it's somehow worse than any other sugar. I bet you think Mexican coke is healthy because it has cane sugar