What's your BMI?

[Kembacity]

I actually had a physical about a month ago and I’m “perfectly healthy.” Blood work came back all in normal ranges, etc. I work out 5 days a week and eat healthy 80% of the time. I even cut back drinking a ton, and I’m 6’ and 215 and according to this I’m “overweight”. Can I lose another 10? Sure, if I wanted to absolutely have no joy in eating whatsoever. As long as my doctor says I’m very healthy, I’m fine.

BMI is BS, often I think specifically for taller men. I’m like 6’4” and heavier than I’d like to be, but when I was in my peak shape, I was never muscular or bulky like that but running a lot and playing ball, my face looked gaunt, at times I looked unhealthy thin and yet my BMI still had me on the border of fat.

 

[UConnMike04]

BMI is BS, often I think specifically for taller men. I’m like 6’4” and heavier than I’d like to be, but when I was in my peak shape, I was never muscular or bulky like that but running a lot and playing ball, my face looked gaunt, at times I looked unhealthy thin and yet my BMI still had me on the border of fat.

It is absolute BS and I think it should be done away with.

 

[TheRealKBuks]

How many extremely obese guys can dunk?

Tom Segura

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Well, my height did not change.

Tuesday's post-doctor appt printout showed BMI as 25.56.

 

[jibsey]

Agree on BMI being a terrible gauge of fitness. Guys that are ripped super athletes are going to appear as overweight.

Absolutely. Put some of these great BMI'ers on an elevated treadmill for 20 minutes, then we'll see what's what.

 

[meyers7]

High enough to qualify for a comorbidity for getting a vaccine.

 

[HooperScooper]

BMI is BS, often I think specifically for taller men. I’m like 6’4” and heavier than I’d like to be, but when I was in my peak shape, I was never muscular or bulky like that but running a lot and playing ball, my face looked gaunt, at times I looked unhealthy thin and yet my BMI still had me on the border of fat.

Here's why many experts say BMI is a flawed health standard

When Achea Redd used to go for annual checkups, she tried to discuss her restrictive eating patterns with her doctors and her fear that she might have an eating disorder. But because her body mass index (BMI) was in the “overweight” category, Redd’s primary care physicians refused to consider...

www.boston.com

 

[boba]

Here's why many experts say BMI is a flawed health standard

When Achea Redd used to go for annual checkups, she tried to discuss her restrictive eating patterns with her doctors and her fear that she might have an eating disorder. But because her body mass index (BMI) was in the “overweight” category, Redd’s primary care physicians refused to consider...

www.boston.com

Same thing in the WaPo too. It's also 200 years old?! Gosh, how many here were there at its unfolding and were they as fat then as they are now?

 

[8893]

Is B.M.I. a Scam?

 

[Improviser]

Is B.M.I. a Scam?

Princeton Longevity Center thinks measuring for visceral fat is a better indicator or risk for heart disease.

Visceral Fat: A Key Element in Your Risk for Heart Disease and Stroke

Read about a recent study that showed how visceral fat was a key factor for heart attacks and strokes where BMI or body mass index was not. Princeton Longevity Center pioneered this method of defining abdominal fat distribution and has measured visceral and subcutaneous fat for all Comprehensive...

princetonlongevitycenter.com

 

[HuskyHawk]

Is B.M.I. a Scam?

Glad to see these popping up. This needs to be put out to pasture. That said, I’m still in the orange, but I’m closer to yellow than when this poll was posted. I think that whole “overweight” category is pretty close to normal for modern people. We all know if we are too fat or not. It isn’t complicated.

 

[Improviser]

Just a regular mirror or an angry spouse or a small child who first sees us... all will know and tell.

Only a funhouse mirror may distort the truth.

No chart needed.