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Are you overweight, obese, at a healthy weight, or underweight?
2022 Jan 8, 8:15am 45,762 views 320 comments
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BayArea
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2022 Jan 8, 8:26am
BayArea
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2022 Jan 8, 8:26am
There are athletes with single digit body fat % who have BMI in the obese and morbidly obese categories.
BMI is too simplistic, doesn’t account for frame size or muscle mass.
BMI is too simplistic, doesn’t account for frame size or muscle mass.
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mell
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2022 Jan 8, 8:34am
BayArea says
That's true but it works for the majority, who aren't athletes or very short or very tall. I'm almost 6'7 and am constantly around the 25 mark, after covid with 217 lbs now below ;) there's a better bmi for tall people and there's one that takes body fat percentage into account. 22.6-24.6 here depending on the method.
There are athletes with single digit body fat % who have BMI in the obese and morbidly obese categories.
BMI is too simplistic, doesn’t account for frame size or muscle mass.
That's true but it works for the majority, who aren't athletes or very short or very tall. I'm almost 6'7 and am constantly around the 25 mark, after covid with 217 lbs now below ;) there's a better bmi for tall people and there's one that takes body fat percentage into account. 22.6-24.6 here depending on the method.
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https://www.who.int/westernpacific/health-topics/obesity?source=patrick.net
BMI calculator:
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm?source=patrick.net
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.html?source=patrick.net