BMI: A Revised Definition
A new hypothesis has been brewing in my head for a few minutes now that, at first, may sound completely incredulous and absolutely absurd (aren’t most breakthrough ideas). I cannot however take all the credit for this gem as it came out of a off the cuff remark I made to a colleague:
Colleague: BMI stands for (insert corporate acronym here).
Me: I thought it stood for Body Mass Index?
Colleague: Ha! That’s what i thought at first too…that and crap…
Me: Well, it could. Bowel Movement Index, it could be a completely new way of measuring national health or even happiness. I mean, what if there were a corralation between BM frequency and GDH (gross domestic happiness). It could even be used as a financial trend analysis tool. One would only need to conduct a BMA (Bowel Movement Analysis) to determine the relative health of the economic system. Possibly companies will begin including their workforces BMI into annual reports.
Colleague: (bout of laughter).
I think it’s plausible at the least, if nothing else it has firm roots in the relationship of health, well-being and national sentiment. A nation constipated is a nation in anxiety…or massive discomfort.
