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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just plug her stats into the CDC growth charts and you can see where she in relation to same age peers. If BMI is greater than 85th percentile she is considered overweight for her age. [/quote]

BMI is no longer considered to be the standard of measurement.  You do know the history of it, right?[/quote]

DP.  BMI is a useful, relevant tool used to establish a starting point for analysis and conversation.  Everyone knows that.  What point do you think you’re making, exactly?[/quote]

My point is that BMI was created by Nazis during Concentration camps and is considered not an indicator of health:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/265215[/quote]

From your linked article:

“BMI was devised in the 1830s by Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796-1874), a Belgian mathematician, sociologist, statistician and astronomer.”

And BMI is useful as in indication of overweight/obesity (ie fatness).  People using it as a proxy for health are not using it for its intended purpose.[/quote]

My mistake about bmi and nazi.   But you second point you made I agree.[/quote]

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