As far as the medical industry is concerned the Body Mass Index (BMI) is still the standard of measure for healthy weight ranges. It’s important to realize that most medical practices are in the business of get-in/get-out efficiency. Am I completely off-base to say that:
you make your appointment and schedule off an hour for yourself
only to go in (even ahead of time) to wait 15mins
before 15mins of assessments are performed by a nurse
then wait another 5-10mins
to have the doctor come in with 5-10mins of instruction/prescription?
But let’s put it in to perspective, they’ve got 6-figures worth of invested dollars to do what they do. Most of them intend on securing a return on their investment in a timely manner. So when it comes to measurable aspects of your health using BMI is easiest. Have a patient stand on a scale and measure their height. Put those two numbers in to the computer and in under a minute we’re done! Here’s the way to do calculate it without the computer: 
According to BMI, because I am 5’8″ and 200lbs, I am obese. This is a screenshot of what a Google image search of “obese” pulls up:
- You would think I’d be wearing 38-40in waist jeans. I wear 32in waist jeans! Most people guess I weigh at most 175lbs.
