The BMI Lie (podcast from Thinsanity Audiobook)
In this special excerpt from the Thinsanity audiobook, I share the surprising truth about the Body Mass Index, from its unexpected origins to its unethical manipulation by big business to turn a profit. I suggest a re-interpretation of BMI categories based on actual science (not paid-for/company sponsored science) that acknowledges the harmful affects of weight stigma, and ponder the possibility that we’re all (finally) ready to be free of it …
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Overcast, or on your favourite podcast platform.
This podcast refers to two diagrams from the supplementary materials of the audiobook:
I hope you liked listening to the section (as different from what we are normally told and as mind-boggling as it is!), and if you’d like to learn more about the new way forward that we are all ready for that I talk about at the end of the podcast, I’d like to invite you to download a copy of the audiobook for yourself!
In some places (such as the one you’ve just heard and in some of the meditations and visualisations, where I actually take you through them just like I would a client!), the audio version of the book is actually more beneficial than the physical book, so happy listening, and be sure to let me know how it benefits you!
*Australian link provided. To purchase Thinsanity in your area, please go to your local Audible website and search ‘Thinsanity’!
