When your doctor tells you that, based on your BMI, you’re at an increased risk for diabetes, that’s like me saying, “I’d never date someone from Texas.” A surface, blanket statement that doesn’t take the individual into account. Because then you find yourself sitting across the table from this hot guy who plays three instruments, who’s really kind and sensitive and you ask, “So where did you grow up?” And he says, “Dallas,” and you’re like, Shit, really? AND THEN YOU MARRY HIM. Which is all to say, when doctors get hung up on BMI, or use it as the primary metric for making health
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