Body mass and evolution: why the body mass index is a limited measure of public health
- Written by Andrew Dickson, Senior lecturer, Massey University
A healthy body comes in many shapes.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-NDCharles Darwin died in 1882 at the age of 73, likely of a heart attack. At the time, the average life span in England was about 44 years. Darwin, by any stretch of the imagination, was a long-lived man, despite suffering some significant health issues throughout his life....
