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Not every reply is trying to rebuke what you said, some can add context that not everybody knows.

Using the broken BMI as a system everywhere is the problem, numbers don’t mean anything particularly complex and doesn’t lead to good decisions to begin with.

When a metric is overused, it leads to its being abused and that’s what we’re seeing here because people keep submitting complaints that volunteer firefighters are all obese even though these guys/gals can almost lift a car.



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