Not high enough for medication. Not low enough to ignore.
A BMI between 23 and 27 sits above the healthy range for Indians, but below the threshold for the weight loss programme. It is also where insulin resistance, fatty liver and lipid changes usually begin — quietly, and years before anything gets diagnosed.
Lab panel, doctor consult and a coach · ₹1,799
One number decided you were not eligible
BMI is a ratio of height to weight. It can set a threshold for a medication programme, and that is genuinely all it can do.
Enough to rule you out of one programme. Not enough to tell you anything about your health.
14 markers, read together by a doctor who knows what the combination means.
Three things, in the order that makes sense
Test first, interpret second, act third. Most programmes do this backwards.
A metabolic lab panel
Sample collected at home. The markers that show what your metabolism is actually doing, not just a single sugar reading.
A doctor to read it
A specialist goes through your results against your history and tells you what the combination means. A lab hands you a PDF; this is the part that turns it into an answer.
A health coach to act on it
Whatever the report says, someone helps you do something about it. Diet, movement and habits built around your numbers rather than a generic plan.
Worth doing, and not worth doing
Worth doing if
- Your BMI is above the healthy range but below the treatment threshold
- There is diabetes or heart disease in your family
- You have never had a full metabolic panel read by a doctor
- A report once said borderline and nobody explained it
- You would rather find out now than after a diagnosis
Probably not worth it if
- You had a full panel read by a doctor in the last six months
- You are already under treatment for a diagnosed metabolic condition
- You are looking for weight loss medication, which this plan does not include
- You want the results without anyone interpreting them
What happens next
Book and pick a slot
Choose a morning for home sample collection. Fasting instructions arrive on WhatsApp.
Sample collected at home
A phlebotomist visits you. No queue, no lab waiting room.
Results, then the consult
Your reports land in the app. The doctor reads them with you and explains what each number means for you specifically.
Your coach takes it from there
A plan built on what the panel found, and someone checking whether it is working.
Find out what the number could not tell you
One payment. Everything below is included.
One-time. No subscription, no auto-renewal.
- Metabolic lab panel, sample collected at home
- A doctor consultation to read your results
- A health coach for the changes that follow
- Your reports, kept in one place
Not a diagnosis. Lab results are interpreted by a licensed medical practitioner, and any treatment is at their discretion.
Questions worth asking
I was told my BMI is not high enough for the programme. So why this?
Those are two different questions. The weight loss programme has a BMI threshold because that is how the treatment is prescribed. Whether your metabolism needs attention is decided by blood markers, not by that threshold — and between 23 and 27 those markers are often already moving.
Why not just book a lab test myself?
You can, and a lab will hand you a PDF. The value here is a doctor reading the combination of markers against your history, and a coach helping you act on what it says.
Does this include weight loss medication?
No. This plan is assessment and guidance only. If your reports change the picture and the doctor thinks medication is worth discussing, that is a separate conversation with its own eligibility criteria.
What if everything comes back normal?
Then you have a clean baseline and a doctor telling you so, which is a real answer rather than a wasted test. Repeat it in a year or two and you will be able to see what changed.
Do I need to fast?
Yes. Several of these markers need a fasting sample, so collection is booked for a morning and you get exact instructions beforehand.
Health information, not a diagnosis. Lab results are interpreted by a licensed medical practitioner. BeatO does not manufacture or sell pharmaceutical products, and this plan does not include medication.