BMI is such an inaccurate tool it can't be used for any purpose that requires real data.
― Judge Roi Behan (Aimless), Thursday, 8 April 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link
Reminds me of this: A man in his 30s with no underlying health conditions was offered a Covid vaccine after an NHS error mistakenly listed him as just 6.2cm in height.
Liam Thorp was told he qualified for the jab because his measurements gave him a body mass index of 28,000.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 8 April 2021 18:07 (three years ago) link
25.8. Technically overweight. Can't escape my family legacy of thicc thighs.
― lukas, Thursday, 8 April 2021 18:35 (three years ago) link