“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens” – Jimi Hendrix

The BMI scale:

Height x weight = X

X = a category that deems you either:

1) Underweight
2) Healthy weight
3) Overweight
4) Obese
5) Very obese

To collect data for mass populations, I understand why the government would use it

It’s better than nothing
BUT

For an individual (YOU) to categorise themselves into a weight class using the BMI scale

I am 100% against

I might be exactly the same height and weight as Debbie

So we reside in the same “overweight” category

But I have 50% more muscle mass than Debbie

Her weight is similar to mine because she carries more (too much) body fat

The BMI scale deems us both “unhealthy”

Which is a load of old codswallop

Conclusion:
1) The only person you can compare yourself to, is your yesterdays self
2) There are much better forms of measurement out there i.e. pictures and circumference measurements
Any questions you have on this please ask!

Yours In Health,

Steph <3