Eighth-Grader Epically Explains Why Your BMI Is Bullsh*t in Viral Letter
There's not much context given behind the above photo other than what the poster, an artist whose page is called MacLeodCartoons, gives: His friend's daughter had to calculate her BMI for school and refused to be shamed when hers categorized her as "obese."
At first, the student shares the struggles she's had with her body in the past:
Now, I'm not going to even open my laptop to calculate my BMI. And I'll tell you why. Ever since I can remember, I've been a "bigger girl" and I'm completely fine with that; I'm strong and powerful. When you put a softball or a bat in my hand, they are considered lethal weapons. But, at the beginning of the year, I started having very bad thoughts when my body was brought into a conversation. I would wear four bras to try and cover up my back fat, and I would try to wrap ace bandages around my stomach so I would look skinnier.
She then explains why calculating her BMI for school is a pointless exercise:
So my lovely mother did what any parent would do when they noticed something wrong with her child, she took me to my doctor. My doctor and I talked about my diet and how active I am. He did a couple of tests and told me I was fine. He said even though I'm a bit overweight, he's not going to worry about me based on how healthy I am. So this is where I don't calculate my BMI because my doctor, a man who went to college for eight years studying children's health, told me my height and weight are right on track.
Finally, she concludes:
I am just beginning to love my body, like I should, and I'm not going to let some outdated calculated and a middle school gym teacher tell me I'm obese, because I'm not. My BMI is none of your concern because my body and BMI are perfect and beautiful just the way they are.
BOOM. Kids these days, man. They freaking rock.
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