A WOMAN has slammed the body mass index after it labeled her as "overweight."
BMI has become a hot topic on TikTok where people have begun questioning it as an accurate indicator of health.
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Many women have noted that they gained weight by gaining muscle at the gym meaning they are then considered overweight by BMI standards.
Other said that everyone carries weight differently at various heights and weights and that makes this measurement of health inaccurate.
TikTok user Kathrine (@ninjakath) posted a video saying that "BMI can go f**k itself."
The physiotherapist and personal trainer revealed that she is 170cm tall and weighs 73 kilograms (160lbs).
In the video, she is wearing black fitness pants and a matching sports bra and she does a full rotation, showing the camera her body at all angles.
At the end, she pulls the pants down slightly to show a slightly bloated stomach.
She wrote: "How a physic at 170cm and 73kg can look. According to BMI I am overweight."
In the caption she added: "Also just got my period, which isn't helping on the bloating."
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The clip has over 13,000 likes and viewers commented their own thoughts on the health measurement.
One wrote: "THE BMI SCALE IS A SCAM" which saw someone reply, "I guess it's a decent starting point, but it really isn't accurate."
Another replied to Kathrine saying, "Same here, I'm 174cm, 76kg, people telling me I am fat (I have a wide ribcage and pelvis bone) I was self conscious for nothing."
The TikToker replied: "It's crazy! People should just [shut] up about other peoples bodies.
"My motto: If you don't have anything nice to say, shut up."
Another viewer added that the BMI scale said they were underweight but when he went to a doctor they were told they are "fine and normal."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains that BMI is a persons weight in kilograms divided by the square height in meters.
"A high BMI can indicate high body fatness. BMI screens for weight categories that may lead to health problems, but it does not diagnose the body fatness or health of an individual."
The CDC offers a BMI calculator for those interested in it's use as a screening tool.
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"To determine if BMI is a health risk, a healthcare provider performs further assessments.
"Such assessments include skinfold thickness measurements, evaluations of diet, physical activity, and family history," the CDC says.
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