I Have a BMI of 20.5, But Noom Thinks I Need to Lose Weight

This epidemic of pseudo-scientific weight loss apps is dangerous.

Zulie Rane
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6 min readJul 12, 2021

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cw: discussed disordered eating, weight loss, and weight with numbers.

Let me start off with honest: I’ve struggled with disordered eating since I was about 13. I’ve monitored my caloric intake for so long that I can list the…

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Zulie Rane
Debugger

Writer, cat mom, marketer. Marketing @ Medium.