Media contributions
1Media contributions
Title Body Mass Index Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet ABC Radio Brisbane Media type Radio Duration/Length/Size 10 minutes Country/Territory Australia Date 15/01/25 Description Invitation stemmed from my 2023 article in ‘The Conversation’ on the Body Mass Index which has more than 200,000 reads: ‘The body mass index can’t tell us if we’re healthy. Here’s what we should use instead’: https://theconversation.com/the-body-mass-index-cant-tell-us-if-were-healthy-heres-what-we-should-use-instead-211190
Recording: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/brisbane-afternoons/afternoons/104808190 (timing: 15.03 - 25.35 minutes).
They wanted someone to speak about the new Lancet BMI guidelines: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-15/obestity-definitions-body-roundness-index-bmi/104815814
https://www.thelancet.com/commissions/clinical-obesityProducer/Author Aleisha McLaren URL https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/brisbane-afternoons/afternoons/104808190 Persons Rachael Jefferson
Keywords
- BMI
- health