What's your BMI?

[Slasher]

My BMI is just a touch above 25. But everyone thinks I'm too skinny. Who knows!

 

[TheChamps990411]

Neandertals have large chests, and have a higher weight to height ratio than do more typical humans.
There is no known Neandertal with a BMI less than 26.

Neanderthals are dumb. I dont like them and wont allow my kids to marry one.

 

[prankster]

IDK.....

6'6", 225.

I think that makes me a moderately attractive shooting guard, in the NCAA.

Moderately bad BMI, though.

Not totally bought into this thing.

 

[8893]

Overweight people are creeping up on healthy people like mail-in ballots.

 

[temery]

The people here condemning the BMI are pretty funny. No doctor makes a Dx, prescribes medication, orders further tests, etc based on a BMI.

it's done first. With family history, bloodwork, imaging, etc, a doctor may want to dismiss, watch, or order further tests.

I just had a large needle stuck in my eye. Not fun at all. I asked for a 1/2 dozen reasons why it was needed before they got anywhere near me.

if a doctor wants me to get on a scale, I'm not asking any questions before doing so.

 

[ZenConn]

IDK.....

6'6", 225.

I think that makes me a moderately attractive shooting guard, in the NCAA.

Moderately bad BMI, though.

Not totally bought into this thing.

Are you in the transfer portal? Big guard alert!

 

[uconndogs]

The people here condemning the BMI are pretty funny. No doctor makes a Dx, prescribes medication, orders further tests, etc based on a BMI.

it's done first. With family history, bloodwork, imaging, etc, a doctor may want to dismiss, watch, or order further tests.

I just had a large needle stuck in my eye. Not fun at all. I asked for a 1/2 dozen reasons why it was needed before they got anywhere near me.

if a doctor wants me to get on a scale, I'm not asking any questions before doing so.

That's a really good point. At my last physical my BP was a little high and my Doc was starting to go down the path of a prescription. I told him I wanted that medication not at all and we're going to talk about why I absolutely have to have it. So we agreed I would monitor my BP consistently for three months and then get back together. Long and short is that my BP is now 132/78 and there is no need for any medication. Had I not challenged there was a good chance I would be on a totally unnecessary medication.

This stuff all needs to be researched and challenged. Personally, I accept very little at face value..........except the scale.

 

[8893]

I just had a large needle stuck in my eye. Not fun at all. I asked for a 1/2 dozen reasons why it was needed before they got anywhere near me.

Did they give you six reasons?

 

[boba]

Did they give you six reasons?

And was one of them "how else are you going to become a cyclops"?

 

[twiceahusky]

Funny, just Monday had my pre-colonoscopy checkup (happy 50th me), and saw a red exclamation mark next to my BMI of 26.4. 5’10”, 184 and “obese”. Just checked Strava ... I have logged 110 hrs mountain biking in 2021. Yeah BMI kinda misleading if you have a bit of muscle. In the doc’s defense, she shrugged the BMI off as nothing.

 

[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.