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The Body Mass Index

Maintenance Phase

Is the BMI a Justification for Eugenics?

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The b m i isn't, like, officially a justification for eugenics. The other context in which it's gaining more notice is through insurance companies,. So still within his lifetime, the first american life insurance company creates height and weight tables for the purposes of charging fat policy holders. This idea of like, aqoq, normalized body sto be used for corporate profit will be a through line in this story.

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