70% of U.S. military overweight. draft does not solve this. better stay home & hit the erg.
“The American Medical Association in June updated its policy on BMI, acknowledging “historical harm” and “racist exclusion” associated with the index, “because BMI is based primarily on data collected from previous generations of non-Hispanic white populations.”
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“BMI=body-mass index. In 2016, Ethiopia had the lowest age-standardised mean BMI for both sexes, 16·8 kg/m2 (95% CrI 15·6–17·9) for girls and 15·5 kg/m2 (14·4–16·6) for boys (Figure 3, Figure 4). Other countries with low BMI in both sexes in 2016 were Niger, Senegal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Cambodia.”