The BMI is flawed. It’s time to call it what it really is.
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I’ve dabbled with this topic before in other podcast episodes about the scale and diet culture, but I haven’t taken on BMI as a separate topic until now. A recent routine doctor’s appointment had me reeling from an offhand BMI comment.
It brought up a lot for me, and had I not been mentally stronger, it could have pushed me into disordered eating and exercise behaviors.
In this episode, I’m relaying my story and tearing into six reasons why BMI is bullshit.
There’s a lot of nuance here, and my experiences as a person in a smaller body are nothing like what someone else in a larger body may experience.
It’s my hope that you’ll walk away from this episode with some things to think about and start conversations of your own with the people you care about.
Nutrition and fitness coach for women, Lord of the Rings nerd, and depending on who you ask, crazy cat lady. My mission is to help you fuel for more, not less: bigger muscles, strength, energy, and possibilities. We’ll do it with my signature blend of science, strategy…and a little bit of sass.
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