BMI can’t tell, for instance, what percentage of a person’s weight is from their fat, muscle or bone. On the other hand, 31% of those with a “normal” body mass index were metabolically unhealthy. “But instead, we just keep wanting to vilify fat people.”If BMI isn’t important to monitor for health, what is? But in Freedhoff’s weight management clinic, he and his team don’t set patient goals around BMI, weight or waist circumference at all. But if it’s not, Freedhoff tells patients that they may already be at their healthy weight, regardless of their BMI.

Source: bd News24 May 26, 2021 05:48 UTC