Height and BMI
TheVirgoddess
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When you're figuring your BMI, do you use your exact height, or estimate?
I'm 5'4.5" - I always use 5'4" when assessing my BMI. I was just wondering how it's usually (or supposed to be) done.
I know that a few pounds either way, and my BMI aren't big deals in the grand scheme of weight loss and fitness, and won't make or break my success. I'm just curious.
I'm 5'4.5" - I always use 5'4" when assessing my BMI. I was just wondering how it's usually (or supposed to be) done.
I know that a few pounds either way, and my BMI aren't big deals in the grand scheme of weight loss and fitness, and won't make or break my success. I'm just curious.
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If the particular BMI calculator I am using that day lets me enter the weight to the 1/2 inch, I do so (some do, some don't). I am shooting for the middle of the range, so it doesn't really matter (however, I'm short so just on principle I take that 1/2 inch whenever I can!)0
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TheVirgoddess wrote: »When you're figuring your BMI, do you use your exact height, or estimate?
I'm 5'4.5" - I always use 5'4" when assessing my BMI. I was just wondering how it's usually (or supposed to be) done.
I know that a few pounds either way, and my BMI aren't big deals in the grand scheme of weight loss and fitness, and won't make or break my success. I'm just curious.
I use my exact height. I'm not sure it really matters.
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I'm 5'2.75"... I just use 5'3".0
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Use a metric scale0
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supermysza wrote: »Use a metric scale
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BMI is just an estimate anyway. Try to be accurate, but don't put undue weight (pun intended) in it.0
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Well, I just figure it myself rather than using an online calculator (weight in pounds/height in inches squared X 703). My height hasn't changed while I've been doing this, so I have the figure for the square of my height in inches memorized. My height is an even number, but if it weren't, I would use the fraction. I use half pounds for the weight.0
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