In the spirit of rapprochement with Europe and reorientation away from the United States, it’s time to complete the Metrication process in Canada that was stopped prematurely by the Mulroney government.

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    2 days ago

    Basically just because it’s easier to measure. In reality, visceral fat is the thing they worry about, but you can’t run everyone through an MRI just for that.

    That being said, having a really high BMI is definitely bad. Saying that you’re healthy at 50 is taking a mile kilometer when given a centimeter.