Mass panic

I found your article, “Eating food slowly could be linked to weight loss” (Scotsman, 13 February) interesting but disturbing, as you define a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 as obese.

I have a BMI of 28, so overnight I appear to have jumped from being moderately overweight to obese, with concomitant health issues.

I was reassured that the NHS still defines a healthy BMI as 18.5-24.9, a BMI of 25-29.9 as overweight and above 30 as obese, while over 40 is severely obese. However, given the science reported in the article, I’ll certainly be eating my fish suppers more slowly.

DAVID MUIR Findhorn Place, Edinburgh