28. What is BMI and why it's flawed

Episode 28 January 03, 2022 00:10:43
28. What is BMI and why it's flawed
Fitness Manifest
28. What is BMI and why it's flawed

Jan 03 2022 | 00:10:43

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Show Notes

For years, BMI was the primary way to assess an individual for health risks, but in recent years some shocking problems have been found with it. It got me wondering Why BMI became the standards and search for alternative methods of tracking your health and risk for diseases 


Manifest Challenge:

If you are new to the podcast, the Manifest Challenge is an action step that helps you progress in your health and fitness journey. This episode’s challenge is to take your waist to hip measure. Instructions are linked here: https://www.healthline.com/health/waist-to-hip-ratio#calculate 

Resources mentioned in the episode:

How to calculate BMI: click here

BMI classification: file-20200724-25-osy3a3.PNG  

Hip to waist ratio chart: qQAQHbxBSeOjwlSSiQ1y_Screen_Shot_2020-09-26_at_6.16.54_PM.png 

 

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Produced by

Catherine Wong & Teresa Cedeno

Edited by 

Catherine Wong 

 



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