Episode 2088 – On this Sunday School episode, Gina Grad joins Vinnie Tortorich and the two talk misleading BMI, cholesterol numbers, heart disease, smoking, and more.
MISLEADING BMI
- Body mass index is generally a pretty inaccurate measure.
- The calipers don’t work.
- And often, the information can just be misleading.
- Those who are muscly might have a higher BMI.
- Vinnie has seen so many silly BMI NUMBERS because of this.
- And just because you have a lower BMI does not necessarily mean you are healthy.
- Gina was told she was very overweight based on her BMI.
- She felt dejected and terrible.
- Vinnie says: this is not an accurate or meaningful measure.
- He KNOWS she is not overweight like she was told based on her BMI!
- It doesn’t take into account so many important variables.
