The nurse is providing a teaching seminar to a group of teenagers on the subject of healthy eating. A scale is used to calculate body mass index (BMI) for each individual participant. A participant asks the nurse if a BMI of 25 is normal
Which is the best response from the nurse? A) "A BMI of 25 indicates you are overweight."
B) "The BMI formula does not consider your genetic predisposition."
C) "BMI is just one tool that can help to guide a healthy lifestyle."
D) "Keeping your BMI below 30 is ideal."
C
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The healthy interpretation of BMI ranges from 18.5 to 24.9 . Knowing that teenage girls are very susceptible to eating disorders and desire for thinness, the nurse takes the focus off the number (25) and addresses healthy lifestyle. BMI is only one tool used for anthropometric data collection. Ratio of fat to lean muscle mass is not included in BMI. A BMI of 30 is indicative of obesity and would not be considered ideal.
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