They need to use BMI or some more sophisticated metric for fitness. I have a friend who is trying to get into the reserves who is a very muscular 210 pounds. If he loses the 35 pounds required he definitely will be going deep into muscle. loss.
“They need to use BMI or some more sophisticated metric for fitness.”
Yes, they need something FAR more sophisticated than BMI, which only considers height & weight.
BMI classified me as “Overweight” when my percentage of body fat was low enough that I would sink to the bottom of a swimming pool with full lungs. (of course, it might have been the rocks in my head)
Using BMI is why they started processing out weightlifters during the H.W. Bush presidency.
Look up the current standards for detecting anorexia in males. Now go back and review the standards for the military discharges under H.W.
Note that they never told those guys why they were tossed out, other than being out of compliance.