Beyond BMI: Why Your Health Is More Than a Number
BMI is broken—and I learned that first-hand. In this episode, I share the Air Force story that changed my view on Body Mass Index (BMI) and explain why a metric from the 1830s (Adolphe Quetelet) still mislabels millions today. BMI can’t tell muscle vs fat, ignores waist distribution, and misses crucial markers like inflammation and cardiometabolic fitness.
What you’ll learn:
Why BMI was created for population averages, not individuals
How BMI misclassifies athletes and muscular people
Better metrics: waist-to-height ratio, body-fat %, A1C, ApoB, blood pressure, resting heart rate, VO₂ max…
The skinny
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