We’re taking a look at BMI (Body Mass Index), and asking the question of whether it is – or has ever been – a good indicator of health, and if so, to what extent? And why did the American Medical Association recently adopt a new policy clarifying when BMI should be used – and when it shouldn’t?
We’re also looking at the related problem of anti-fat bias, and how BMI has helped to create a societally acceptable type of discrimination — discrimination that advocates say has killed people. Guest host Jasmin Singer discusses this with our guests:
- Jenna Weintraub, sexuality and body image educator
- Sunshine Orta, “fat liberationist” and physician assistant for the University Health Service at the University of Rochester.
- David A. Topa, MD, pediatrician at Pittsford Pediatrics
- Dr. Stephen R. Cook, researcher and physician at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Golisano Children’s Hospital
