Just used the NHS bmi calculator and wtf?!

I haven’t been tracking my weight in years and I’ve just put my height and weight in and it asks for race and it’s saying I’m obese as a black person but the same height and weight for a white person is normal?!?!

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BMI is not super accurate as it was made using only white men as a baseline. No women and no other races.
I guess it could have been amended, but I don’t think so.