There has been great debate abut the most accurate ways to determine and individual's BMI. Doctors' office still continues to use weight/height even though much research has deemed it highly ineffective and inaccurate.
• Why do you think this is still such a common practice?
What do you believe would be a more effective way to measure?
amniota

becasue they have used it the most and they think it is still accurate to use

Explanation:

no, because those are both different running competitions. while distance runners train their legs and their lungs to run long amounts of time, the sprinters are training their legs and their lungs to give all they have in the little amount of area they need to cover. the brain also plays a huge part in all of this.

the brain is the only thing in your body that sends messages to your body telling you to run. if you are a long distance runner and you have the mind set of a sprinter, you will not get anywhere. if you have a long distance mind set and you have to run 200m in 20 seconds then you will not make it in time.