Full Body Frequency

I’m Laura Rice, and this is another Plus-Size News Spotlight. We end the week with the good, the bad, and the suspect. But in the words of Missy Elliot, let’s flip it and reverse it. The Bad: Body Mass Index or BMI. Is B.M.I. a Scam?: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/style/is-bmi-a-scam.html Busting Myths on Health and Weight: https://lindobacon.com/videos/busting-myths-health-weight/ Top 10 Reasons Why The BMI Is Bogus: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439 Although it has been touted as a reliable indicator of health, yet again, a number of health experts have countered and said that BMI is scientifically unsound, unreliable, unrealistic, and based on the white male body. The Suspect: the Federal Aviation Administration may require some passengers to be weighed before boarding US air carriers. Passengers may refuse. Airlines weighing passengers before a flight? The FAA says most probably won’t do that: https://www.fastcompany.com/90638076/airlines-weighing-passengers-b