BMI accuracy

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  • Rosyone
    Rosyone Posts: 74 Member
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    Amandalynn380 wrote: »
    Hi all,

    So I'm 5ft 4 inches and my weight fluctuates between 145 and 148. According to my BMI I'm over weight . I had a beautiful baby boy a year ago. Before I had him I was 135. Even though I've lost about 20 pounds since he was born, Ive been feeling pretty down about my BMI indicating that I'm overweight . Is BMI really that accurate? Should I really base my goals off of that?

    BMI is a population metric and good for setting a side-of-the-barn type weight goal when you're significantly outside the healthy range. But it's not much help when the time comes to fine tune your ideal weight. The variance between individuals is too high for that.

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