"Even when i think i'm helping, i might be hurting exactly," says author Mike Birbiglia. "If you want to prevent this from happening in the future, you do have to actually understand, like, how it happened and get into the nuances of it totally" In 17 96, in ghent, a man named adolph cutley was born who was not a health care provider of any kind,. Not a lot of adolphs ar running around these days. His work otherwise did not revolve around the human body at all. It revolved more about astronomy and around statistics and around analyzing state data.
The BMI is EVERYWHERE. But is it scientific or scientif-ish? While many Americans think of the body mass index as an objective measure of health, its history reveals a more complicated story. This week, Mike and Aubrey tackle the first in a two-part series about the BMI and the “Obesity Epidemic.” Along the way they visit 18th century Belgium, learn a gross new acronym and dissect Dracula's facial features.
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