Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for March 08, 2016
March 07, 2016
March 09, 2016
Transcript:
Doctor: The body mass index chart says you're obese, but the meat and dairy industries chart says you're a great American. Caption: The Semantic Zone
The BMI, Body Mass Index, was created by Aldophe Quetelet. He was a Belgium Astronomer, not a medical man, in the decade before the Civil War based on what he thought we should look like 160 years ago. Why is this still a thing?