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Podcast: It’s Beyond The Food: Non-Diet Health Coaching
Episode: 216-Everything the BMI Gets Wrong with Alissa Rumsey RD - The Weight Loss Series Part 3
Description: In today's episode, we'll talk about everything the BMI gets wrong Are you "overweight"? Am I "overweight"? That single question creates more anxiety & stress to women than any other question. Being overweight implies that there’s a weight we should be at. In today's society, THAT weight is determined by BMI. The Body Mass Index, the metric that uses to classify people in groups. Moreover, it’s the measure of "obesity" as per medical view and a simple calculation of 2 factors: weight and height. To convert the measurement to the unit of B...