Body mass index

[ailbhe]

I just did a quick check.

Currently, I'm a healthy "weight", even according to the BMI people, who are insane and not terribly scientific.

If I were two stone lighter, I'd be clinically underweight. If I were two stone heavier, I'd be *barely scraping* overweight, according to the BMI people.

But I'm expected to join in conversations where the assumption is that weight loss is always a good thing, and something we should all strive for?

What's the stats on preteen anorexia again?

Comments

[barakta]

I had a chat with my excellent old GP about BMI and she said she didn't think it was medically useful. It's designed for populations - i.e a whole country of people, NOT individuals. My GP reckoned the only time she ever used it was iff someone had a BMI of below 17 or 18 which was one of many warning signs for anorexia or other health problem.

[sierra-le-oli.livejournal.com]

Thank you for staving off my rant. :-)

[ailbhe]

The BMI people are, as previously stated, insane. And unscientific.