27 should be considered obese BMI now?!

[Anonymous]

BMI is a terrible metric. A muscly 27 is leagues away from a flabby 27?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m 26 bmi and very healthy.

This me… bmi 26

https://app.mybodygallery.com/#/?height=173&weight=77&age=50

Many of the women pose with their legs crossed or in other slimming poses, which defeats the point.

My trainer is BMI 26 and she is gorgeous (I saw her wedding pictures - flawless). She’s just incredibly strong and has natural curves. Of course not all BMI 26 are like that but many of us pear-shaped ladies have very strong legs and arms but slim middles.

That's b/c BMI is garbage if you actually have muscle on your body.

And 99% of people don’t actually have the muscle to fat ratio required for a BMI calculation to be considered garbage. Yet all 1% are on this board somehow. Amazing that intersection of reality.

Yes this board is always the outlier.

Or just plain liar

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m 26 bmi and very healthy.

This me… bmi 26

https://app.mybodygallery.com/#/?height=173&weight=77&age=50

Many of the women pose with their legs crossed or in other slimming poses, which defeats the point.

My trainer is BMI 26 and she is gorgeous (I saw her wedding pictures - flawless). She’s just incredibly strong and has natural curves. Of course not all BMI 26 are like that but many of us pear-shaped ladies have very strong legs and arms but slim middles.

That's b/c BMI is garbage if you actually have muscle on your body.

And 99% of people don’t actually have the muscle to fat ratio required for a BMI calculation to be considered garbage. Yet all 1% are on this board somehow. Amazing that intersection of reality.

Yes this board is always the outlier.

Or just plain liar

as you age, a BMI of 27 is much healthier than a BMI of 20.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BMI is a terrible metric. A muscly 27 is leagues away from a flabby 27?

Sure. And 1/1000 women over the age of 35 fall into that category. The rest are fat and have poor cardiovascular health.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BMI is a terrible metric. A muscly 27 is leagues away from a flabby 27?

It is a population metric which means it works reasonably well as a guide for the majority of the population. Individually, it can be discussed with a health care provider to see what it means for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 26 bmi and very healthy.

In your dreams.

[Anonymous]

Yes all on dcum are Michal Phelps, cross fir pros and Arnold’s! So much muscle, so little brain.

[Anonymous]

BMI is a very poor measurement of health and weight. It can give you a rough outline for some people, but isn't accurate for a lot of people - especially fit and active people.

Technically I'm slightly overweight (BMI is like 25.4) but I'm very active and lift weights. I have large dense breasts, and have some lose skin from losing a chunk of weight. My doctor isn't remotely concerned about my weight - my orthopedist even called me "thin!"

[Anonymous]

The only way this discussion makes any sense is to be clear on the purpose of the metric.

If it is to reflect today's cultural beauty standards, that gets you to one outcome.
If it is to reflect overall health or longevity, that gets you to another outcome.

The two are not the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BMI is a very poor measurement of health and weight. It can give you a rough outline for some people, but isn't accurate for a lot of people - especially fit and active people.

Technically I'm slightly overweight (BMI is like 25.4) but I'm very active and lift weights. I have large dense breasts, and have some lose skin from losing a chunk of weight. My doctor isn't remotely concerned about my weight - my orthopedist even called me "thin!"

Re-read what you wrote. BMI is a “very poor measure” because of some narrow exceptions that are not at all representative of the actual population realities.

This is like people that attack standardized testing because they always managed a shitty score. It’s the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BMI is a terrible metric. A muscly 27 is leagues away from a flabby 27?

This is basically what the article is saying. As people age and muscle mass declines, that BMI is even less useful because it could be masking a high % of fat.

BMI is useful as a data point but other data points are needed. (Body scans, weight measurements, etc).

[Anonymous]

Yes.

In Japan, a country with an obesity rate below 5%, they consider a BMI of 25 and over to be obese.

Just like how we have vanity sizing in the West, we have vanity BMI. You're definitely overweight if you're 25 BMI unless you are quite stocky with tons of muscle (most people aren't and shouldn't kid themselves). Americans are super fat.

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Anonymous wrote:For goodness sake, my BMI is 25 and I’m a size 8. What world are people living in?

Yeah, that's because size 8 for in American would probably be like a size 14 abroad in Europe or Asia. Size 8 is probably undoubtedly a large to extra large if you were to go shopping in say Asia. I wouldn't trust US sizing at all.

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Anonymous wrote:BMI is a terrible metric. A muscly 27 is leagues away from a flabby 27?

Sure. And 1/1000 women over the age of 35 fall into that category. The rest are fat and have poor cardiovascular health.

Untrue. About 25% who are “fat” or 27 bmi have cardiovascular issues.

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Anonymous wrote:For goodness sake, my BMI is 25 and I’m a size 8. What world are people living in?

Yeah, that's because size 8 for in American would probably be like a size 14 abroad in Europe or Asia. Size 8 is probably undoubtedly a large to extra large if you were to go shopping in say Asia. I wouldn't trust US sizing at all.

This chick has an eating disorder and is all over this page.

When I was American size 8 my doctor asked me to gain 5 lbs.