#Limitations of BMI

[diabetes-health-corner]

Understanding Body Mass Index (BMI)

BMI is a calculation based on an individual's weight and height. It is calculated by dividing an individual's weight in kilograms by the square of their height in meters (kg/m²). This simple numerical value is validated by research to estimate body fat levels. While BMI is essential for assessing potential weight-related health risks, one must consider a holistic viewpoint of a person before jumping to any conclusion.

Read more on BMI: https://www.freedomfromdiabetes.org/blog/post/body-mass-index-bmi/3957

[spacerangersam]

Well, think i've decided on a hospital for my top surgery. Its the easiest to get to, its got the most information immediately available on their website, the surgeon has really good reviews... Still gonna do some research and sit with it for a bit before deciding for good but like. Quite frankly there's only two places that are easily accessible, and one we could get to at a push that we were only really considering because it's Brighton but... yeah. Kinda surreal to be actually sitting down and planning this after years of only dreaming. It's honestly daunting, but I was kind of scared about starting hrt and that obviously turned out great. It's just a bit more daunting because its surgery and any kind of surgery scares me. This is probably all a bit tmi but hey, if I can't yap on my blog where can I?

[shamebats]

I do welcome the T weight gain but I feel like I'll have to be quick with the top surgery before i get fat enough that doctors start being really shitty about it & at worst deny me.

[quarterqueens]

trying to find any sort of treatment for EDs is genuinely the most maddening experience on earth because the government won’t fund it unless you’re under x bmi but all the private treatment programs are like ‘take two weeks off work and pay 5k a day to ride horses’ or they’re just not taking patients

[archived-themagicalmysticalboy]

i feel like when and where i think im gonna get my top surgery has changed so much. thought i could get it at a hospital 15mins away then thought i needed to leave the country and now it might be a 4 hour drive.

[plastic-flowerx]

guy who is getting top surgery next year yippee yippee

[voidimp]

when i get top surgery im gonna have THE WEIRDEST scars

[doughydadbod]

feel bad not posting tummy pics or anything but work has been whooping my ass so i havent gained any weighttt

[acidloe]

I may have found a surgeon for my top surgery, only I need to call them

On the phone?

[space-pirate-alex]

Hit year another snag in the pursuit of surgery :))

[ringosnoop]

funny how i got more body issues after losing weight than before

[decayingstargirl]

bingeing and bed is not limited to ppl with high bmis btw

[monarch-ambrosia]

i do not know who else needs to hear this aside from just me but i am writing it down because it helps:

there is no weight limit for liking your body.

there is no rule that says if you’re over a certain bmi you have to hate yourself. you’re not required to think you’re ugly if you’re not skinny, and you’re not required to want to lose weight.

you are allowed to not want to be thin.

this world we live in tells us that we should only like thin bodies and therefore should only like ourselves if we are thin. but your body is yours, and nobody should get to tell you what to think about it.

give yourself permission to love it.

[officialspec]

top surgery update: i got rejected by another doctor despite his practice being advertised as having no bmi limit which pretty much means im not eligible to get it in my own country at all. ill still do comms every now and then but i no longer have anything to save towards. thank u to everyone who helped out until now, i appreciate it so much!!

[obese-belly-adventure]

So, my BMI is 45, which means I’m officially in the severely obese category. If there were no limits on how much weight I could gain, I honestly don’t think I’d ever reach a point where it felt like too much. I’d just be unable to stop myself. I’m so hooked on the idea of growing, getting heavier, and feeling my belly become embarrassingly huge. I can already tell I’d be totally okay with giving up mobility for that. Nothing could hold me back from just growing forever. 🥵

[covid-safer-hotties]

Also preserved in our archive

"No big deal." "Just a cold." "Back to normal."

The proportion of babies born with a congenital heart abnormality increased by 16 per cent after the first year of the pandemic, according to research at City St George's, University of London and published today in Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Heart defects are the most common type of anomaly that develop before a baby is born, with around 13 babies diagnosed with a congenital heart condition every day in the UK and impacting one in 110 births globally . These include defects to the baby's heart valves, the major blood vessels in and around the heart, and the development of holes in the heart.

In over 18 million births, researchers analysed data from US birth certificates from the Centre of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) between December 2016 and November 2022 to evaluate the effect of the pandemic on the number of babies born with a congenital heart defect.

They compared the number of babies born with a congenital heart condition every month before the Covid-19 pandemic (1st December 2016 to 30th November 2019) with those during the pandemic (1st December 2020 to 30th November 2022).

This data was then compared to the number of babies born with Down's Syndrome - a genetic condition not affected by the virus. This was to help ascertain if any differences observed might have been due to Covid-19, or if they were a result of other factors including limited access to antenatal services during the pandemic.

A total of 11,010,764 births before and 7,060,626 births during the pandemic were analysed. Data was adjusted to account for mother's BMI, diabetes and blood pressure before pregnancy, age, number of times they had given birth and the season in which prenatal care started.

The number of births with a congenital heart condition increased by 16% after the first year of the pandemic, with 65.4 cases per 100,000 live births compared to 56.5 per 100,000 births in the period studied before the pandemic.

The number of babies born with Down Syndrome did not change for the duration of the study, suggesting that the increase in fetal heart defects were not due to a disruption of health services.

Studying this large US dataset has revealed an unexpected picture for how the pandemic has affected the hearts of unborn babies, but we need to untangle the reasons for this link. We need to determine if the SARS-CoV-2 virus directly causes the development of fetal heart problems during pregnancy, and if so, how the virus makes these changes in the heart.

We don't have this type of data set available in the UK, but it's important to see if this pattern is seen in other parts of the world.

Covid-19 is still circulating and is easier to catch in the winter months. These results act as an important reminder for pregnant women to get their Covid-19 vaccinations to help protect themselves and their baby."

Professor Asma Khalil, lead author and Professor of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine at City St George's, University of London

Source: City St George's, University of London

Journal reference: Khalil, A., et al. (2024). Congenital heart defects during COVID‐19 pandemic. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology. doi.org/10.1002/uog.29126. obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/uog.29126