@_TheDarkCrystal@procrastineytor It's concerning if they're properly grown. The reason it's considered "acceptable" is not everyone's started puberty by then, so those people might be healthy at bmi 17.
@shozumei @procrastineytor@tuliepi You realize this is what goes through ppls heads, trigger warning
Since they're still children, it's perfectly fine to get down to bmi 15. In fact, since bmi 15 would be barely underweight, really it's shameful (basically bmi 18), so bmi 14 is the minimum and oh look, I'm dead
@cranofshedtwt@procrastineytor Yeah but the only reason the range is lower for teenagers is because a subset of the population starts puberty a lot later than the rest, it's by no means healthier for the average teenage girl to be bmi 16 than the average 20 year old woman.