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Nov. 23rd, 2005 10:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ajvaOh fuck *off*.
Everybody knows BMI is a shit measure anyway. Why does an entire profession, scientifically trained, ignore the evidence of the scientific method? Knowing that BMI is shit because it measures only weight with respect to height rather than anything else like bodyfat or muscle, still they persevere with it because they can't be bothered to do anything else.
Are they going to turn away athletes like Martin Johnson or Matthew Pinsent?
Cunts. Morons. I despair.
Everybody knows BMI is a shit measure anyway. Why does an entire profession, scientifically trained, ignore the evidence of the scientific method? Knowing that BMI is shit because it measures only weight with respect to height rather than anything else like bodyfat or muscle, still they persevere with it because they can't be bothered to do anything else.
Are they going to turn away athletes like Martin Johnson or Matthew Pinsent?
Cunts. Morons. I despair.
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Aside from the 'is BMI a useful proxy' issue:
Date: 2005-11-23 02:47 pm (UTC)It's being used as a gate for referrals.
It's the PCTs (Primary Health Care Trusts, ie local doctors surgeries) saying they won't refer BMI30+ patients to hospital for such treatment, irrespective of the hospitals' referral criteria.
The hospital would judge if the patient was in a physical condition that made an operation too risky, decide where on the list to place them etc based on their own clinical findings.