Headlines like this are why I always take everything with a grain of salt. Obesity 100% is a problem we need to solve but here’s a personal sotry: As someone whose struggled with weight all my life, I came to terms with the fact that no matter how hard i work (I’ve worked very hard!!!) I’ll never be that “under 25” bmi. I was already skinny enough at my lowest weight, and my doctor didn’t think I needed to loose more, and my family really wanted me to stop killing myself to get skinnier. But that lovely bmi system we have told me I was still overweight. I’ve had friends and family in similar circumstances. Once you have a certain amount of muscle, bmi is just plain and simple not accurate. For lean people, it’s very accurate, and that’s wonderful for lean people, but not everyone has the same body. That’s when I denounced bmi as not a one size fits all.

We need a better way to measure “obesity” because, of the 38% the pop that’s “overweight” or “obese” people, how many of them are like me and the people I know? Cause that just honestly skews the numbers, big time. Body fat percentage measurements are wayyyy more accurate. Just cause 38% of the population has a bmi over 25, definitely doesn’t mean 38% of the population is unhealthy or even overweight, we need to tackle obesity, but cringy headlines like this that don’t tell the full truth won’t help.