The Dark History of BMI & Fatphobia
Dark ideas and stigma around different body sizes really took hold in the Enlightenment. Very unenlightened, if you ask us. This started all sorts of awful movements, and one result was BMI - or Body Mass Index - which is still used as a measure of health by doctors today. What even is the BMI? Why are women and…
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