Agreed. As a dietitian, I have patients with an elevated BMI all of the time, and I commonly tell them not to use the number as a basis of their health, but a piece of the puzzle. BMI does not mean any ONE thing, but it definitely helps guide us for an overall picture of the patient and changes in BMI over time can help us decide if our interventions are working to a degree.
It’s also why we stress “non-scale” victories. These are improvements in health independent of any changes in the scale or BMI. Maybe their labs are improving, or they’re sleeping better, eating a whole balanced diet, pants fitting better etc. BMI guides, but is not the prime target of intervention
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Agreed. As a dietitian, I have patients with an elevated BMI all of the time, and I commonly tell them not to use the number as a basis of their health, but a piece of the puzzle. BMI does not mean any ONE thing, but it definitely helps guide us for an overall picture of the patient and changes in BMI over time can help us decide if our interventions are working to a degree.
It’s also why we stress “non-scale” victories. These are improvements in health independent of any changes in the scale or BMI. Maybe their labs are improving, or they’re sleeping better, eating a whole balanced diet, pants fitting better etc. BMI guides, but is not the prime target of intervention