BMI Index Myth?

Yes! Done! Now what is the first thing to expect when the nurse starts leading me down the hall to my private exam room?

NOT THE SCALE!!!

Coming face to face with the medical scale immediately gets my blood pressure soaring!

I take a deep breath to relax as I am removing everything possible that could be adding to my actual true body weight!

Understanding why the nurse has to document my weight and height does make it just a tiny bit easier to suffer through. Once the weight is documented in my file, and if I ever return, the doctor will be able to compare any weight loss or weight gain changes that may have occurred since my last visit and determine if this is any alarm for concern to my overall health.

What does not make me comfortable about this part of the office visit routine is that the doctor will use this information mainly to make sure I fall between the healthy guidelines according to the standards set by the BMI Index of experts.

The health and medical field focuses on the BMI Index using only height and weight measurements and by doing this falsely groups us all into one calculation to determine if we are healthy or not.

Fat is not calculated in this equation!

In truth our bodies are uniquely complex and when looking at diet and weight loss we need to look at our body composition or what our body is made up of. We need to look at the ratio of lean body mass (muscle) vs. fat as well as our body water content. Some of us are thin boned while others are medium to large boned. And there is the amount of lean body mass each person has in comparison to fat stores that needs to be considered. In other words two people can have the same BMI but a different percent of body fat. A body builder with more muscle mass and a low body fat percentage may have the same BMI as a person who has more body fat because BMI is calculated using height/weight only.

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