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Weight that some consider a scarlet letter. doctors have used bmi or body mass index for decades for health assessments and now the american medical association is warning that that figure has significant limitations with a history of use for, quote, racist exclusion. cnn medical correspondent meg tirrell is here to explain. meg, this is something we hear about in our doctor's offices, right, something that relates to your height and weight, heard it for years. what has the ama found about the limitations with this number? >> yeah, jim. this is really an extra push to a movement that's been go...