The obese pancake

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TheSkewed on February 17th, 2021 at 11:36 UTC »

I used to work for a life insurance provider and was one day contacted by a customer who wanted to know why we had declined their application.

Looked at it and told them it was due to their horrendously high BMI, it made them too great a risk for us.

The reason their BMI was so high? They were short, really short.

The reason they were so short? They were a double above-the-knee amputee.

And that folks is why BMI is a useless statistic when taken in isolation.

EDIT: Well, this gained some traction! I should clarify that I'm NOT saying that BMI is useless as a form of measurement, it's really not. However when taken out of context and without any other medical information or statistics to compare it to it absolutely leads to misinformation and errors being made like the anecdote of mine!

FWIW when this person phoned and spoke to me I immediately spotted that their height-to-weight ratio was really off and gently questioned them about it which is when they told me about the amputations. I immediately sent this new info to the underwriters who were then happy to offer cover to this person.

EDIT 2: Spelling, grammar etc.

OddParrot14 on February 17th, 2021 at 11:50 UTC »

My new pickup line is that my penis is almost half as long as Liam Thorp is tall, according to the NHS.

lodge28 on February 17th, 2021 at 12:57 UTC »

My gf got her vaccine yesterday but it wasn’t planned as she was at the medical centre for another reason, however due to a no show, they just asked her if she wanted it so it didn’t get wasted. I am very relieved she’s got it as she’s in a high risk category and one more person vaccinated.