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184. Can You Have Hypothalamic Amenorrhea With a Normal BMI?
If your healthcare provider checked your weight, told you your BMI is completely normal, but your period is still nowhere to be found, you are not alone.
In this episode, Jenna and Reilly take on one of the most frustrating, misunderstood traps in Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (HA) recovery: the obsession with Body Mass Index. Why do so many athletes have HA despite falling neatly within a clinically "healthy" weight range? What is your body actually sensing that a standardized medical chart completely misses?
The dietitians unpack the hidden flaws of relying on BMI to measure reproductive health…
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