BMI = BS

 I said it. I meant it. The current BMI scale used in America is based on bullshit. 

"The BMI was introduced in the early 19th century by a Belgian named Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet. He was a mathematician, not a physician. He produced the formula to give a quick and easy way to measure the degree of obesity of the general population to assist the government in allocating resources. In other words, it is a 200-year-old hack."

 The BMI scale, as stated, was made up to take a look at statistics that were easy to get. From there men, because it was only made with "average man" in mind, should see an actual health professional to actually get real measurements to see if they are indeed fat. Even the US military, who uses this scale, also use a tape measure to check for muscle thickness. 

Why? Because muscle weighs more than fat. A body builder, and for the most part anyone who lifts weights, are considered obese or morbidly obese on this scale. It has no means to measure fat at all, however. So someone who is fit, healthy, and has a 2% body fat can statistically be considered "over weight". 

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439

Underweight, overweight, obese, and morbidly obese are nearly meaningless when based on the BMI. If you want to get an actual reading on your body fat, you need to use a pair of calipers. Yes, the pinchy metal things. 

I tried to find the older, scary looking ones, but this is the best I could get. Pretend they're scary and stabby. 

Ok yeah, there are a few more ways of checking your actual body fat content, but this is one of the easiest and accurate. You can look up more ways, but most of them require special devices. 

Now you might be asking yourself, "Why the hell is Jonesy even talking about this?" Well, mostly it's because I'm American. And we don't have the greatest healthcare system. We should all know that fat/skinny isn't a sign of health or even fitness. It's just a sign of how much the Earth is trying to drag us down. If you want to be healthy, stop looking at the scale, and look at what you can do instead. 

And if your doctor is making judgements based on your BMI, find a different doctor. Because yours is as useful as Belgian mathematician.