

The idea makes sense I’m theory, but doesn’t work in reality. I consider it a psuedo science that stuck around because it was just kind of accepted as true. The numbers just don’t scale right for height or muscle.
I have an average height friend who had a doctor tell him he was obese. My friend has virtually no fat on him. Although he’s muscular, it’s not like he’s a body builder or someone you’d look twice at for being out of the norm. Muscle is just dense.
I’m tall. When I was very poor and couldn’t afford enough food, I weighed right in the middle of the ‘healthy’ zone. On multiple occasions a romantic interest saw me with a shirt off and tell me I should eat more. I remember the look well. My ribs were very prominent. BMI tells me I could weigh 30 pounds less and still be healthy! People would voice very serious concern if I got anywhere near that.
I do not trust BMI.
Me thinks this article uses some strange information math:
In 1923, Elizabeth loaned her son $800 – the equivalent of around $14,000…
He used that money to build a home for the equivalent of $7k and sold it for a profit. You can’t build a garage for $7k today, let alone a home.