Here We Go: American Medical Association Claims BMI is “Racist” and Should Not Be Used Due to Its Origin in 19th Century White Body Standards
Rating chart of body fat based on height and weight in kilograms. (Image Source: Getty Images)
The American Medical Association (AMA), one of the country’s largest medical organizations, has now jumped onto the bandwagon of wokeness by labeling the Body Mass Index (BMI) as “racist.”
The association has argued that BMI has a troubled past, with roots in “racist exclusion” and “historical harm,” and is thus an imperfect tool for evaluating an individual’s health status.
At its annual conference, the AMA decided to adopt a new policy, Stat News reported.
“BMI cutoffs are based primarily on data collected from previous generations of non-Hispanic White populations and does not consider a person’s gender or ethnicity,” the policy stated.
