how fat are you on a global scale?

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  • Thewatcher_66
    Thewatcher_66 Posts: 1,643 Member
    At 47 (in 3 weeks) and 6'2" 190, lbs it says that:

    1) I have a 24 BMI

    2) My BMI is lower than 84% of males aged 45-59 in the United States

    3) And it's lower than 53% of those globally.

    4) My BMI compares to those in Mauritania compared to males in the 45-59 range.
  • DonCC
    DonCC Posts: 10 Member
    Agreed!
  • DonCC
    DonCC Posts: 10 Member
    Agreed!
    That BMI is a poor metric for health...
  • 2DogsBarking
    2DogsBarking Posts: 167
    According to the BMI I'm obese. I don't feel obese.

    I also didn't feel soul crushingly self conscious up until about a minute ago, so I guess that site's got some power to it
  • princessrisariri
    princessrisariri Posts: 162 Member
    bmi 27
    National
    Above average
    You have a higher BMI than 72% of females aged 15-29 in your country Global
    Above average
    You have a higher BMI than 88% of females aged 15-29 in the world

    If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would add 40,837,139 tonnes to the total weight of the world's population

    You're most like someone from Mongolia*
  • Ideabaker
    Ideabaker Posts: 540 Member
    Very interesting! Thanks for sharing this.
  • AABru
    AABru Posts: 610 Member
    I am about the same shape as a globe, but not big enough to generate my own gravitational pull.
    Any object with mass has a gravitational pull my friend...:drinker:
  • beagdearg
    beagdearg Posts: 33
    i packing my bags and heading to Ethiopia. lmao
  • lilbearzmom
    lilbearzmom Posts: 600 Member
    Your numbers
    Obesity Index

    27bmi
    BMI is an estimate of how "overweight" or "obese" a person is National
    Below average
    You have a lower BMI than 62% of females aged 30-44 in your country Global
    Above average
    You have a higher BMI than 74% of females aged 30-44 in the world


    Did you know?
    If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would add 45,298,492 tonnes tothe total weight of the world's population You're most like someone from Chile*
    * Compared with other females aged 30-44 in Chile

    Yikes. The US is truly fat if my BMI is below average!!!!!
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    I'm 42/female/5'8/135 lbs

    BMI: 21
    You have a lower BMI than 92% of females aged 30-44 in your country
    You have a lower BMI than 73% of females aged 30-44 in the world

    If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 38,642,892 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population

    You're most like someone from Vietnam
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    My BMI is lower than 94% of females aged 30-44 in Canada, 96% in The States, and 86% in the world. If everyone in the world had the same BMI as me, it would remove 70,130,274 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population
  • AABru
    AABru Posts: 610 Member
    I am most like women in Qatar...accept they would stone me to death there...lmbo.

    I am 53% lower than the other US women 30-44, but 83% over the rest of the world.

    This made me laugh out loud. I hate BMI.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    BMI - 21 Ht - 5'7" Wt - 132
    Lower than 92% of U.S. women
    Lower than 72% of global women

    I am most like someone from Eritrea. (I will have to look that place up.) :flowerforyou:

    ETA: BMI must not account for muscle, because my poor husband ended up being fatter than the whole world. You wouldn't know it by looking at him. He's rather athletic and he appears much fitter than most other guys his age. Not so, according to the link. :frown:
  • iechick
    iechick Posts: 352 Member
    BMI for me says I'm very overweight........................................then I flex and it recants.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    :laugh:

    For me-my bmi of 19 (it's actually 19.3 but they rounded down), is lower than 94% of fellow American women, 80% lower than other women of the world, if everyone had the same bmi as I did, it would remove 53,633,383 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population, and it looks like I'm really supposed to live in Ethiopia :huh:
  • doctorsookie
    doctorsookie Posts: 1,084 Member
    I'M NOT FAT!!!! I'm circumferencly challenged. ;-)
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    For the fun of it, I entered data for my 20 yr old son.
    BMI is 19
    Lower than 97% of males his age group in this country
    Lower than 85% of the world
    And he closest to someone from Bhutan


    Me- I am closest to the BMI of a similar aged female in India.
  • VpinkLotus
    VpinkLotus Posts: 849 Member
    BMI is 24 apparently...

    "You have a lower BMI than 82% of females aged 30-44 in your country Global

    You have a lower BMI than 52% of females aged 30-44 in the world"
    and says I am most likely from Italy..???

    That was pretty cool to check out. ;)
  • doctorsookie
    doctorsookie Posts: 1,084 Member
    sure...the one time I DON'T want to be above average. Sigh...
  • spoiledpuppies
    spoiledpuppies Posts: 675 Member
    BMI 24
    US, below average: Lower than 79% of women in the US
    World, above average: Higher than 52% of the women in the world
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    It indicates I need to be taller for my weight.
  • healthyandfitgirl14
    healthyandfitgirl14 Posts: 413 Member
    Your numbers

    Obesity Index
    24bmi
    BMI is an estimate of how "overweight" or "obese" a person is

    National Below average
    You have a lower BMI than 69% of females aged 15-29 in your country
    Global Above average
    You have a higher BMI than 71% of females aged 15-29 in the world

    Did you know?
    If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would add 7,352,387 tonnes to the total weight of the world's population
    You're most like someone from Saudi Arabia*
    * Compared with other females aged 15-29 in Saudi Arabia
  • andiebaco
    andiebaco Posts: 211 Member
    Obesity Index: 23bmi

    Below average
    You have a lower BMI than 70% of females aged 15-29 in your country (Mexico)**

    Global
    Above average
    You have a higher BMI than 61% of females aged 15-29 in the world


    Did you know?
    If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 7,012,630 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population

    You're most like someone from Norway*


    * except I'm like 30 cm shorter than the average.
    ** Mexico's obesity is getting out of hand!!
  • tiddlebit11
    tiddlebit11 Posts: 182
    BMI Lower than 99% nationally
    Lower than 92% globally

    Kick *kitten*!
  • Tnahpelem
    Tnahpelem Posts: 6
    21 BMI

    You have a lower BMI than 79% of females aged 15-29 in your country
    You have a lower BMI than 61% of females aged 15-29 in the world
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    Lower than 74% nationally (USA), higher than 61% globally. If everyone had my bmi it would add 20 million tonnes to the weight of the population.

    I think this is interesting BUT …

    I could be harmful to some people (especially those dealing with or recovering from an ED). I'm bummed to see I'm "fatter" than 61% of women my age world wide. I shouldn't be, but I am. I even understand statistics, and that I'm within 1 standard deviation of the mean, which means I'm "normal." But still, seeing that, makes me kind of want to quickly drop some pounds. I'm right on the border between healthy and overweight BMI and it doesn't take body fat % into account. My goals shouldn't be changed by this, and as I can think logically about it, they aren't, but my gut, emotional reaction is still not very positive (For anyone interested, my goals are to lose maybe 5-10 more pounds, but mostly just body recomp, lose some fat and build some muscle).


    So, like I said, it's interesting. It's kind of fun. But it should not be used as any indication of health or where one "should" be. :flowerforyou:
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    Interesting.

    Obesity Index
    20bmi

    My Country
    Below average
    You have a lower BMI than 93% of females aged 30-44 in your country

    Global
    Below average
    You have a lower BMI than 76% of females aged 30-44 in the world


    If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 44,439,383 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population
    You're most like someone from Ethiopia.
  • NH_Norma
    NH_Norma Posts: 332 Member
    Just as fat as I am on a regular scale. :ohwell:
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    I am most like women in Qatar...accept they would stone me to death there...lmbo.

    I am 53% lower than the other US women 30-44, but 83% over the rest of the world.

    This made me laugh out loud. I hate BMI.

    May they can offer you an education too. They have a high literacy there.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    22bmi


    You have a lower BMI than 90% of females aged 45-59 in your country

    You have a lower BMI than 72% of females aged 45-59 in the world


    wow
  • fitfreakymom
    fitfreakymom Posts: 1,400 Member
    Where are you on the global fat scale?
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    Obesity Index

    24bmi
    BMI is an estimate of how "overweight" or "obese" a person is National
    Below average
    You have a lower BMI than 64% of females aged 30-44 in your country Global
    Above average
    You have a higher BMI than 53% of females aged 30-44 in the world


    Did you know?
    If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would add 6,729,416 tonnes tothe total weight of the

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