Boring Life Thins part N+1

[xtricks]

Lately, one of the lovely things thats been happening is some health issues. I've been going to acupuncture for migraines and it seems to work to reduce frequency, though not to stop them in their tracks, once they're going

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[tarchannon]

Anyone that uses BMI is incompetent - full stop. Half the summer Olympians are obese using BMI... it's just worthless, and was never meant to be a medical/biological guideline.

[xtricks]

Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous -- it doesn't take into account muscle mass, which is heavier than fat, or general build and I have no idea what 'average body type' it's based on either.

It's pretty obvious I'm overweight but I'm not obese -- and the more significant issues are my sedentary life and, as above, developing high blood pressure.

So, yeah, ignoring the BMI, which seems to have become the flavor of the decade for most doctors nowadays, probably due to pressure from the health insurance industry.