So, you think you hate the BMI now?

youngdreamer

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sleibo87

The BMI chart is bull, they should go off body fat only! The guy at my work who is like 6'3 and and pure muscle got told from the kaiser mobile truck that visited my work, that he was 30 pounds over weight HAHAHHA(worst part is the nurses were not in their bmi count..just sayin!) ....So he looked at them and joked that heck ya he was 30 pounds over weight (while looking at his junk). I BUSTED UP LAUGHING!

DamePiglet

Perhaps we have a different perception of what bodies "should" look like. However, the article is not about appearance.

An article about BMI is implicitly about "appearance", because setting acceptable BMI ranges is an explicit statement on what bodies "should" look like.

BMI was (and is) a tool used to predict whether or not a person is more likely to suffer from weight-related health issues.
Is it sometimes used otherwise? Sure.
Is the article about appearance? Nope.

cafeaulait7

Perhaps we have a different perception of what bodies "should" look like. However, the article is not about appearance.

An article about BMI is implicitly about "appearance", because setting acceptable BMI ranges is an explicit statement on what bodies "should" look like.

Well, my BMI is high (to me), and by appearance medical professionals are always surprised by my scale weight. I'm one of those on the cusp of overweight right now that would be 'obese' according to the article. You'd think an obese person should look fat to medical pros at least.

Do we really want completely normal folks to be classified as 'obese'? OTOH, I do have a lot of LBM (wide skeleton, naturally big leg muscles, etc). I'm not what people think of when they think bodybuilder by any means, but the women in my family probably pulled the oxcarts themselves back in the old country