This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter. If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! The use of weight as a proxy for health is ubiquitous. We see it in the use of the deeply flawed BMI, and BMI-based denials of care. We see it in the categories that were made up to pathologize higher weight bodies (including “ob*se”* and “overw*ight, and their
We Must Stop Using Weight As A Proxy For Health
We Must Stop Using Weight As A Proxy For…
We Must Stop Using Weight As A Proxy For Health
This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter. If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! The use of weight as a proxy for health is ubiquitous. We see it in the use of the deeply flawed BMI, and BMI-based denials of care. We see it in the categories that were made up to pathologize higher weight bodies (including “ob*se”* and “overw*ight, and their