Like many studies that involve BMI, the above studies are using BMI as a proxy for fat, and fat as a proxy for health. However, there are several problems with this idea. For example, BMI does not take into account bone structure, muscle density, or build. As a result individuals with longer legs have lower BMI because legs weigh less than torsos do, individuals with broader hips or shoulders will have higher BMIS, and body builders usually have an overweight to obese BMI because of muscle concentration. That means that the use of BMI is: a biased indicator that predicts everyone into a higher BMI than they actually are a survival bias problem as it only measures people with muscle density a magnitude misinterpretation issue as BMI is not a very accurate proxy for health

Like many studies that involve BMI, the above studies are using BMI as a proxy for fat, and fat as a proxy for health. However, there are several problems with this idea. For example, BMI does not take into account bone structure, muscle density, or build. As a result individuals with longer legs have lower BMI because legs weigh less than torsos do, individuals with broader hips or shoulders will have higher BMIS, and body builders usually have an overweight to obese BMI because of muscle concentration. That means that the use of BMI is: a biased indicator that predicts everyone into a higher BMI than they actually are a survival bias problem as it only measures people with muscle density a magnitude misinterpretation issue as BMI is not a very accurate proxy for health

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Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction

4th Edition

ISBN:9781285463247

Author:David Poole

Publisher:David Poole

Chapter7: Distance And Approximation

Section7.3: Least Squares Approximation

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