You were an exception and (obviously) could see that for yourself. Your doctor probably agreed. The value of BMI in epidemiology is fantastic because it applie

You were an exception and (obviously) could see that for yourself. Your doctor probably agreed. The value of BMI in epidemiology is fantastic because it applies well for almost all normal people and is easy to capture all over the world. The clinical value is weaker, but mostly because people like to rationalize that they too are also in exceptional athletic form. By definition, most are not.