Re: The BMI? C'mon, this is 2021!
"[...] than it is at accurately measuring your body fat percentage, as indicated by your friend's results."
No reason to doubt the scales ballpark figures. My friend really is obese. She puts being a "foodie" above her doctor's repeated warnings that she needs serious weight loss. She is now clinically pre-diabetic - but dropped out of the relevant management group sessions as "boring".