Comment on YSK that there's a better index than the BMI to measure obesity called the Body Roundness Index

• RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Height selection on metric side has jumps of up to 3 centimeters lmao.

  Too lazy to look, but given 1 inch = 2.54 cm, my guess is the tool is written in inches, and just rounds those values to the nearest whole cm, thus alternating between 2 & 3 cm increments.

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  • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Don’t Americans deal with differences smaller than 1 inch when it comes to height, is it just 2 footies 7 incherinos? I’m so used to it being per cm.

    Tbh I’ve never before seen a dropdown selector for height before either. It’s always just fill in thing.

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• lurklurk@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_roundness_index#Calcul…](The wikipedia page) has a calculator that supports metric more properly

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