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Why health behaviors matter less than body size in medical settings

I run marathons and eat vegetables and sleep eight hours but my doctor still lectures me about weight loss because I am technically obese according to the chart.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The reduction of health to a single metric can erase the complexity of individual wellbeing.

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“Where Are You with Weight body size and health — beyond BMI?”

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