Clueless Brits struggle to identify important details about their own personal health – with just over a third (37 per cent) able to name their own blood type, a study has found. Only a quarter (24 per cent), of 2,000 adults polled, know what their BMI is, and just 23 per cent know what their resting heart rate should be.
And when it comes to identifying organs in the body, less than two-thirds (63 per cent) reckon they could confidently point out where the heart and brain are located – while just one in five know where their spleen is. To put the findings to the test, residents in Manchester were quizzed on whether they could spot the correct organ, while others were asked about what blood types were real or fake.
The footage also shows confusion about how body mass index (BMI) is calculated – with one passer-by admitting they know “nothing about the human body”.
