how fat are you on a global scale?

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  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    This is for those who are bummed or unhappy by their results. Anyone else can skip :wink:

    Keep in mind that these are statistical averages. Just because someone is heavier or lighter than a certain % of the world doesn't mean they are more, or less, healthy. It also doesn't mean they are over weight or need to be skinnier :tongue: If you are between lighter than 84% and heavier than 84% of the population, you are in the range of normal (or sometimes "average" although statistically that has a different meaning).

    Also remember that this comparison includes nations, like Ethiopia, where malnourishment is a big health issue. No, not everyone in these countries is underweight (there are overweight people there, too, I'm sure), but the higher number of those who are underweight will bring down the mean. So don't change your goal just because of this app! :laugh:
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    Case in point ...


    According to that BS the fastest man in the world is overweight. FTW!

    Having a higher BMI than 72% of males his age doesn't mean he's overweight. Statistically, he is normal. BMI is borderline normal/overweight. Neither is an indication of his health/fitness level (obviously).
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
    Obesity Index
    0bmi

    National
    Below average
    You have a lower BMI than 100% of females aged 45-59 in your country

    Global
    Below average
    You have a lower BMI than 100% of females aged 45-59 in the world

    If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 285,509,774 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population

    You're most like someone from Bangladesh*

    ETA: according to mfp, my BMI is 18.5
  • tuckerrj
    tuckerrj Posts: 1,453 Member
    33bmi
    You have a higher BMI than 77% of males aged 45-59 in your country
    You have a higher BMI than 97% of males aged 45-59 in the world
  • m16shane
    m16shane Posts: 393 Member
    It says I need to be taller or move to a different country. I'm fatter than 53% of the people in US
  • smc864
    smc864 Posts: 570 Member
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  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,670 Member
    Today I learned about Eritrea.

    Apparently, Eritrea is a country in the horn of Africa, with extensive coastline along the red sea. Eritrea has a population of around 6 million people, gained it's independence in 1991, and is where my body type is considered "average" according to this asinine global BMI calculator.
  • sunman00
    sunman00 Posts: 872 Member
    I don't know if it would have inspired me at the start of my journey because I didn't know about it, but at my 1st goal weight, reached last week, the results have changed significantly, and that brings great pleasure,
    good luck to everyone on their journey :)

    at my SW I had a BMI of 31%, at my CW it's 25%

    at my SW my BMI was higher than 74% of males in my age group in the UK, now it's lower than 78%

    at my SW my BMI was higher than 91% of global males my age, now it's higher than 55%

    and if all males my age had my SW BMI we'd have added 87.25 million tonnes to global weight, that's down to 18.5 million tonnes
  • smc864
    smc864 Posts: 570 Member
    Today I learned about Eritrea.

    Apparently, Eritrea is a country in the horn of Africa, with extensive coastline along the red sea. Eritrea has a population of around 6 million people, gained it's independence in 1991, and is where my body type is considered "average" according to this asinine global BMI calculator.

    LOL!
  • KiltFuPanda
    KiltFuPanda Posts: 574 Member
    BMI: 48

    Heavier than 100% of the world? Yes.

    Fatter than 100% of the world? Hardly.

    Yet another reason to send BMI to the trash bin.
  • Jessica1173
    Jessica1173 Posts: 62 Member
    Wow. this test is really offensive, mean and embarrassing. I know I am really big and I knew the test was going to have bad results, but I also know I am not the only one is who my size. According to the test I am bigger than the whole world by 100%. Even when I was thinner I was still supposedly bigger than 97% of the entire world and most likely from Barbados.
  • Jessica1173
    Jessica1173 Posts: 62 Member
    My sisters are 22 and 18 BMI. The first should be in the Philippines and the second in Vietnam.
  • hungrypotato
    hungrypotato Posts: 1,642 Member
    28bmi

    You have a higher BMI than 62% of males aged 15-29 in United States


    You have a higher BMI than 95% of males aged 15-29 in the world


    You're most like someone from Croatia*
  • rowanwood
    rowanwood Posts: 509 Member
    According to this thing, there are zero obese people in Canada.




    I SMELL SOMETHING
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    Wow. this test is really offensive, mean and embarrassing. I know I am really big and I knew the test was going to have bad results, but I also know I am not the only one is who my size. According to the test I am bigger than the whole world by 100%. Even when I was thinner I was still supposedly bigger than 97% of the entire world and most likely from Barbados.

    It's statistics. Far from perfect in describing single people :tongue: (Much better in describing groups). It's not really telling you that you're the biggest person in the world. Most likely rounds, too, and there's a lot going on between 95%, 97%, 99%, etc. (Statistically, 100 doesn't really exist either).

    Also make sure you've got units right. If you have kg or cm instead of lbs and inches, it can really throw things off!
  • keem88
    keem88 Posts: 1,689 Member
    according to this:
    17 bmi

    i have a lower bmi than 97% females aged 15-29 in the united states
    i have a lower bmi than 85% of females aged 15-29 in the world
    if everyone in the world had the same bmi as me, it would remove 78,614,041 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population

    i'm most like someone from vietnam
  • zensugi
    zensugi Posts: 76
    You have a lower BMI than 80% of males aged 45-59 in your country. You have a higher BMI than 53% of males aged 45-59 in the world. BMI 25

    You're most like someone from Maldives. Like that.
  • zensugi
    zensugi Posts: 76
    BMI is legitimately the worst possible measure of healthiness.
    This, especially for people who lift.

    Navy Seals tend to be over weight ... NOT ... only on the Navy's idiotic charts.

    this site is fun though

    I guess most people in this forum do not have the physique of a Navy Seal and are (BMI or not), how to put it politely, fat.
  • Adrianachiarato
    Adrianachiarato Posts: 362 Member
    BMI 22.61 - You're most like someone from Rwanda*

    You have a lower BMI than 77% of females aged 30-44 in your country
    You have a lower BMI than 60% of females aged 30-44 in the world

    If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 13,761,964 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population
  • honeysprinkles
    honeysprinkles Posts: 1,757 Member
    That's pretty cool!

    My BMI is lower than 92% of females aged 15-29 in the US (that's surprising!) and lower than 72% around the world. Quite a discrepancy between the US average and the worldwide average.

    "If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 53,633,383 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population."

    Most like someone from Eritrea
  • mkim3138
    mkim3138 Posts: 80
    Bmi 30

    You have a higher BMI than 64% of males aged 30-44 in your country(USA).

    You have a higher BMI than 92% of males aged 30-44 in the world.

    If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would add 80,147,412 tonnes to the total weight of the world's population.

    You're most like someone from Croatia.

    I think bmi is broken...
  • BogQueen1
    BogQueen1 Posts: 320 Member
    Well. That was depressing. Apparently I'm the fattest person on the planet. Thanks random calculator.
  • links_slayer
    links_slayer Posts: 1,151 Member
    lolbmi
  • Slacker16
    Slacker16 Posts: 1,184 Member
    I prefer waist to height ratio personally. Not only is it less affected by muscle mass and frame but IIRC it's more accurate in predicting potential health problems.

    With that being said:
    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 80% of males aged 15-29 in your country Global
    Above average
    You have a higher BMI than 62% of males aged 15-29 in the world

    Did you know?
    If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 2,539,085 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population
    You're most like someone from Israel*
  • Blondiegrl11
    Blondiegrl11 Posts: 458 Member
    I'm most like someone from Ethiopia...charming comparison
  • irunforcookies
    irunforcookies Posts: 111 Member
    That is cool! Thanks for sharing! I'm lighter than 85% of American women my age, and 55% lighter world wide. Kinda helps put it all in perspective, and helps me appreciate how far I've come.
  • losing4799
    losing4799 Posts: 83
    19BMI + Fat country = "You have a lower BMI than 95% of females aged 15-29 in your country."

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