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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
BMI doesn't mean shit. It's gotta be percentage of body fat that is meaningful. My BMI is 24.8 and I ain't fat or overweight.*
TM
*Shut up, Ironweed.
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BMI has a lot of problems, not the least of which is that it breaks down on the edges (it's not very accurate for short, and particularly, very tall people). It also fails to account for high muscle mass in people who are in very, very good shape.
It's easier to calculate than bodyfat percentage, however.
Regardless, the doctor was right, I needed to drop the weight. My point in citing the BMI was that I wasn't off the charts heavy when my doctor lectured me. At my size, the difference between "normal" and "obese" is only about 35 pounds, and the vast majority of people in the world would have even less leeway.
