BMI, baby!

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by hovi5

its a load of crap. & very inacurate IMO

get it checked out with the calipers instead

I'm with Hovi5 on this (dang, twice in one day!), I would have to get to a weight a stone less than I was when running triathlons (ok I did 2!) to have good BMI.

My lad is as fit as a butchers dog, has a six pack and all that, low fat % and his BMI according to this is 25.09, borderline overweight!

Them calipers hurt though

40.3

Beat that baby!!!!

Originally Posted by hovi5

its a load of crap. & very inacurate IMO

get it checked out with the calipers instead

True, a mate who is a doctor was explaining to me that there is some far better method (forget the name) and that because of his build (short, but very muscular) he would actually have to be dangerously undernourished to ever fall into the "ideal" band.

I'm 28 and losing weight ever so slowly, BTW.

24.18, just in the ideal weight cat somehow, still need to lose weight

[mattSV]

Mine is 27.16 - Overweight

Whatever.

5'10" 13 1/2 Stone 32 waist 46 chest

I AIN'T BOVVERRED

26.04 just in the overweight build, think thats the beer gut somehow, stop drinking and I lose weight, cut down on food and I dont

H

As many people have mentioned above BMI's not all that good.

What's far more important is truncal fat (ie a large waist is far more significant than having a big bum/thighs/arms etc.).

Being obese in this area is far more significant, because it's as a result of intra-abdominal fat (that is fat inside the belly). This fat is more metabolically active, and is therefore far more likely to contribute towards a huge number of conditions (namely type 2 diabetes).


More realistically, again as said above, most people know when they're overweight, and if/that something ought to be done. Most people have difficulty getting/keeping the motivation.



Well that's my excuse for a raised BMI, & I'm sticking to it .

20.46


You are in the healthy weight range.

I am the perfect weight for someone who is 17 feet tall