BMI is the control freak's WMD

As I've written before, I consider the widely used BMI measurement to be custom-designed for the hectoring nanny-state: it's a rare Canadian who is both healthy and has a "good" BMI. It's a scam for belittling and intimidating the general public, and a tool for prying more money out of the government for spurious "health-enhancing" programs.

Angry writes:

There are certain truths we hold to be self-evident.

I'm not talking about rights. That's passé. I'm talking about the fact that we're too fat.

You hear it all the time. Obesity is an epidemic. We eat the wrong things. Try this diet. Or this one. Or this one.

He then quotes extensively from a new article in Scientific American, which appears to support the BMI-skeptic position.