E41: Fatagories

Statistically Insignificant by Tess O'Brien

Episode notes
We talk about how and why BMI sucks as a metric for either health or fatness, and other models for classifying fatness that actually reflect the needs and experiences of fat people.If you want to know more about relative risk statistics check out E19: Pregnancy Risk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9dC4VRD3B8Support the pod on Patreon for bonus episodes and additional material: https://www.patreon.com/statisticallyinsignificantReferencesnagualdesign (2021) 'BMI Chart', Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BMI_chart.pngRomero-Corral, A., Montori, V. M., Some ...   ...  Read more