BMI

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Sophie Birch mødte BMI første gang som helt ung pige via en
udregner på et damebladssite, med vægttabsprogrammer lige
nedenunder. Flere år senere blev det samme tal startskuddet til
et uhensigtsmæssigt vægttab.

I denne uge tager hun fat på et af sine mest anstrengte forhold –
både personligt og fagligt. Hvad BMI faktisk blev udviklet til,
hvad det ikke kan se, og hvorfor det største problem måske slet
ikke er formlen, men alt det, vi har gjort tallet til. Undervejs
får du også en lille øvelse med papir og blyant.

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Vært: Sophie Birch

Producer og post-produktion: Kasper Møller

SoMe-videoer: Kasper Møller og Rose Vermehren

Redaktør: Sidsel Kaae Nørgaard

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