Suresh Iyer

Health & Fitness, BMI, Nutrition, Wellness Metrics

Certified fitness coach and wellness researcher. Suresh writes about health metrics, BMI science, and evidence-based approaches to fitness that cut through social media myths.

15 articles

Articles by Suresh Iyer

2 min read · 31 May 2026

What Your BMI Really Tells You (and Why Indians Use a Lower Cut-off)

The global BMI scale was not built for Indian bodies. Here is why the healthy threshold is lower for us — and what BMI can and cannot reveal.