Body Mass Index link off Davie before he spits the dummy ;)

Im nearly 29 lol

Dont think its very accurate but :D anyway

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[Edited by super_si - 10/28/2003 9:08:44 AM]

30.15 - "Obese"

Yeah, riiight!!! :D

23%

Doesn't take into account build though :)

When I was going to the gym 3 times a week and more it was higher than that.

It's not a percentage. It's an index.

Time to join Dave on the rabbit food instead of the pizza Tel :D

Overweight at 26.30 for me. Hmmm!

I think with todays eating schedule i can catch terry :)

did
glenn ross BMI = 58.23 (obese)
Ellwood BMI = 46.12 (obese)
Pudge BMI = 39.12 (obese)


[Edited by super_si - 10/28/2003 9:07:59 AM]

It's also a stupid way to measure if someone is overweight.

Body fat percentage is much more useful.


I'm told that BMI doesn't need to take build into account as it judges whether a person is putting strain on their heart and joints etc. That, apparently, is to do with how heavy a person is and it doesn't matter how the weight is made up. So if someone is very muscular, so the claim goes, they are above average weight and could be straining their body.

Personally, I don't believe a word of it.

31.24 :eek: :eek:

I shall be mainly eating nothing for the next year or so :(

24.82

Knockin' on the door...

23.48 Mon Then...

TK, what it specifically cannot do is take account of how the weight was gained. If it was by drinking beer and eating takeaways, then yes, it has some merit. But if it has been from resistance training, which obviously strengthens all the bodyparts you mentioned, then it becomes almost meaningless.


Watercress sandwich anyone? :D

On Nimble bread I hope TB!

Which is why I said, "Personally, I don't believe a word of it."

The guff above was what my GP told me when I asked him to justify using BMI last time he had to prescribe medication that has contra-indications for overweight people.

As it was, I was within the acceptable range, but you, Tel, would not have been and his guidelines would have said not to prescribe to you. Which seems daft to me. Not that it would have mattered in this case as you're not likely ever to need this particular treatment!

As far as I am concerned, BMI has no merit as a measure of how healthy a person's weight is. I'll stick to using BF%, heart rate and recovery times.

Oh yes. With some shocking vegan sunflower oil tasteless spread thing too please!

TK do you know the BF% Formular?? Ive forgetten it. Something like height * 2 /weight

Si, there isn't a formula for BF%. You have to have it measured, either by bio-impedance or calipers.

It looks to me as though you are confusing the BMI formula and BF%.

BMI = weight (in kg) divided by (height (in m) squared)

Lol- mine says overweight too! Not something usually said about me-I'm 6ft 4 and 96 Kilos, most of it muscle.

im 6' and 97kg ;) and im fat too according to that lol

24.64

29.45. I might have to change my name to not Fat enough Boy. Throw another lo-fat steer on the barbie, cynthia

BMI = 28.37 (overweight)

Bodyfat = 33.4% :eek: (from one of those dodgy £10 Maplin gadgets)

I guess I'm still fat!! :eek:

Si, it doesn't say you are fat, it says you are overweight.

According to my doctor, overweight means heavier than your body was designed to be.

He reckons it doesn't matter if you're heavy because you are fat, or because you are muscular. As far as he is concerned, if you are heavier than you are meant to be, you are putting undue strain on your body.

As I've said, I don't believe him, but by his explanation, overweight does not necessarily mean fat.

I@m 6' 2" and 83Kg. Silly program.

27.73

lol opps im aiming for another 20kg yet :D

my frame will take that amount of weight apparently. Depends how big your Joints are.

SI

18.75 at least I'm in the normal band now

I know I should lose some weight but according to that I should drop 4 stone to be normal, fook off!:D

17 stone, 6' 2" and obese btw:D

19.88 so normal !

23.3 - Normal. Seems a silly way to work things out to me!! :D

BMI 30.41 :D

bodyfat (using calipers 12%~) :D