Great to see our Head of Memberships Greg Small in the Metro this week giving his opinion on BMI. When it comes to BMI it would seem a good case of common sense should be applied to the guidance of professionals.
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The problem with the waist to hip ratio is nearly as bad. If you are short waisted (less than 1-2 inches between bottom rib and iliac crest you will not have a waist in the true sense of the word. You will be straight up and down. So you could have (as I did) a 28 ‘ waist and 34 ‘ hips! This has now moved to 31 waist and 37 hips which is not a good ratio to have but definitely not dangerous! I think the only way to go is body composition Why not equip alll surgeries with tanita scales!