There is a lot of data, and it is straight up self reported data from many different kinds of health care providers. A majority of nurses and nursing students think that fat people who are admitted to the hospital should forcibly be put on very low calory diet. Every study that looks into this finds like, oh, this other group is also biased against fat people. I its every time someone just asks, it's naiveand like, let's measure their patient inner actions. It really is just like, fat people are fucking desperate for decent health care,. We're not gettingit exactlyi just don't know how to get anybody's attention.
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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