BYE BYE, BMI
“I see a yearning among patients to be considered more fully as individuals and less like a dot on a graph”
– Annaliese Jones
Body mass index (BMI) is used as measure of ‘fatness’ by health professionals, insurance companies and anyone with a calculator. The category someone falls into, when their BMI is calculated, is broadly interpreted to correspond with risk factors for diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and even cancer. When
