Check out Kiera Butler’s article for Mother Jones on Why BMI is a Big Fat Scam.
Been saying this in my body image lectures for years, the BMI is bullshit. According to it, I’m currently overweight, borderline obese. The last time I was at the high end of normal, per the BMI, was the same year I was carried out of the gym on a stretcher and treated for dehydration and malnutrition. I’ll keep a few extra pounds if it means I get to skip the trip to the ER to get fed intravenously.