BMI confusion - help!

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  • beekay70
    beekay70 Posts: 214 Member
    Personally, I never used BMI to select a healthy target, as I would look a bit unhealthy. I found my existing body fat, aimed to keep my lean mass and picked a target that put me in the lean and healthy range of body fat.
  • beekay70
    beekay70 Posts: 214 Member
    And to the OP, I apologize for hijacking and derailing this thread. BMI is probably fine for women in most cases, but almost never for active men that carry any amount of muscle.
  • born2drum
    born2drum Posts: 731 Member
    BMI can suck it. I'm 17% body fat but according to BMI I'm obese. BMI can suck a fat one.
  • vet272
    vet272 Posts: 183
    What is the waist height ratio I should be looking at?
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    What is the waist height ratio I should be looking at?

    Try this

    http://www.webmd.com/diet/calc-bmi-plus
  • Hildy_J
    Hildy_J Posts: 1,050 Member
    I like to be on 0.25% of the 'healthy' range. It depends how it suits you, how you want to look. :-)

    Anything's possible.
  • vet272
    vet272 Posts: 183
    What is the waist height ratio I should be looking at?

    Try this

    http://www.webmd.com/diet/calc-bmi-plus

    Will do. Thank you
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