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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for posting this. [b]I've become increasingly frustrated with the focus on BMI both in the real world and on DCUM. It's fine for population studies. It's not useful for individuals.[/b] And I say this as a "thin" person for whom BMI makes me seem healthier than I am. I'm lucky my parents taught me relatively healthy eating habits, but I spent most of my life doing little to no strength training and now its catching up with me. We need to get away as a society from this idea that being thin automatically makes you healthy, and being "overweight" automatically makes you unhealthy. Especially when judging other people.[/quote]

+1  This is what our pediatrician told us, she doesn't refer to BMI charts.  My DD is muscular and has a very heavy frame and measures high on BMI even though she doesn't look overweight and her doctor thinks she's right where she should be.  Even as a baby/toddler my friends would pick her up and be shocked at how heavy she was. She's just solid. So many things go into weight that have nothing to do with fat storage and how healthy you are or not -- muscle mass, bone size, bone density, breast size (for women). [/quote]

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