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tclancytoday at 12:00 PM1 replyview on HN

I dunno, basing life decisions off a metric that has a fudge factor built into it to make the regression work feels sub-optimal to me.


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XorNottoday at 1:03 PM

BMI underestimates in most cases and your body fat is higher then the chart would predict.

When people say "oh BMI isn't accurate" it means you are more overweight then it suggests unless you are literally an extreme body builder.