Peter Attia· MD
so clearly we get that bmi is a useful tool for epidemiologic research and some simple physiologic research and some simple clinical trials it's not a perfect clinical tool for the average person it works okay
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
so clearly we get that bmi is a useful tool for epidemiologic research and some simple physiologic research and some simple clinical trials it's not a perfect clinical tool for the average person it works okay
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we've all appreciated for some time that there's a relationship in terms of risk and weight that that's imperfect in BMI right that their BMI is not a great measure of risk it is in epidemiology it is in large populations right