In a new report, the American Medical Association (AMA) calls for abolishing the body mass index (BMI) as a means of assessing body fat. Dr. Marc Siegel weighed in with reaction.
and hope that the medical field prioritizes health measurement tools that take into account the many factors that contribute to and impact a person's health status," said Dr. Katie Mittelstaedt, outreach and clinical consultant for group, in a statement to Fox News Digital., echoes the claims that the BMI is rooted in racism.
"The BMI is based on research from the 1830s meant solely to study populations of white European men and does not have the medical relevance or authority it has been purported to have," said Serena Nangia, spokesperson for Project HEAL, in a statement to Fox News Digital. "I didn’t believe the AMA was going to get involved in cancel culture, but now they’re canceling the body mass index, which is the thing I look at to at least start me off in the direction of obesity," he said.
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