
The Dark History of BMI & Fatphobia
From Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
Published 2/18/2025

From Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
Published 2/18/2025
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…

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