BMI part 1 An intro to BMI from a fat activism perspective

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BMI, the body mass index, is an arbitrary number that we use to separate people into Worthy and Unworthy, Good and Bad, Moral and Immoral categories. • Part 2- • BMI part 2, the history of BMI • --- • Transcript-- https://alithompson.net/transcripts/2... • Follow me on Twitter- @Artists_Ali • Twitch- / artists_ali • Support my work on • Patreon- / ok2befat • One time donations on KoFi- https://ko-fi.com/ok2befat • Wishlist- http://amzn.to/2D9GcCM • • Sources— • Adolphe Quetelet and the Evolution of Body Mass Index (BMI)— by • Sylvia R. Karasu M.D. • https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/... • Beyond BMI— by Jeremy Singer-Vine • http://www.slate.com/articles/health_... • Commentary: Origins and evolution of body mass index (BMI): continuing saga—by Henry Blackburn and David Jacobs, Jr • https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/... • NIH statement- “Health Implications of Obesity” • https://consensus.nih.gov/1985/1985Ob... • Implicit anti-fat bias among health professionals: is anyone immune?— by B A Teachman and K D Brownell • http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v25... • Implicit and Explicit Anti-Fat Bias among a Large Sample of Medical Doctors by BMI, Race/Ethnicity and Gender—by Janice A. Sabin, Maddalena Marini, and Brian A. Nosek • http://journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... • First, Do No Harm- Real Stories of Fat Prejudice in Health Care • https://fathealth.wordpress.com/ • The big fat truth—by Virginia Hughes • https://www.nature.com/news/the-big-f... • Body of Truth by Harriet Brown • Losing It by Laura Fraser • Big Fat Lies: The Truth about Your Weight and Your Health by Glenn A Gaesser, PhD • The Obesity Myth by Paul Campos • The Great Starvation Experiment by Todd Tucker • Fat History by Peter N. Stearns • Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon, PhD • Ok2BeFat logo art by Jen Lightfoot (http://www.jenlightfoot.com/) • Music- • CGI Snake by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) • Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/divider/ • Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ • Background art- • Grunge background- Created by Kjpargeter - Freepik.com • Whale pattern- Created by Freepik • Water color paper background- https://mandarinelechat.files.wordpre... • Notebook paper- https://stoostock.deviantart.com • • BMI iactively promotes incorrect assumptions that can lead to poor medical outcomes and the advance of fat stigma.

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