I think lots of hexbears could use reading this article. If you've ever thought about or have gone on a diet to lose weight, you should read this article. If you've ever encouraged someone else to go on a diet, you especially should read this article.
Sadly I've even seen my fellow trans comrades pushing this white supremacist line on here many times, which has been very disheartening...
What's so frustrating about BMI too is how many places use it as a metric for "rates of obesity" when it's such an awful metric to use for obesity. Capitalism loves science and medicine, and it loves it more when it gets something wrong in ways that it can use to turn a profit.
Absolutely spot on