Global BMI

jrmartinezb

I don’t know If you’ve seen this before (it was published in July), but I find it really interesting. How does your BMI measure against the national and world averages?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18770328

According to the study, the country with “fattest” population for males of my age group is Micronesia with an average BMI of 32.8. The US stands sixth at 28.64, the UK is 15th at 27.62, and Mexico (where I’m from) is 13th at 27.7. It turns out I’m at a higher BMI than 66% of males in my age group worldwide and lower than 66% in my country. It’s not surprising that I’ve had people telling me I am getting “too thin” when I am definitely still overweight.

Someone posted a few days ago that “fat” is the new normal; and the numbers definitely support that notion. It’s no wonder that the health and human costs of things like diabetes and cardiovascular disease are getting so depressingly high. The problem is very serious in Mexico, and I’m pretty sure it is at least as bad in the US.

Anyway, I’m still an optimist. I know that health authorities in my country are at least aware of the problem and that they are trying to implement public policies to fix it. Besides, health and fitness seem to be on top of people’s minds all the time. Perhaps we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/15/childhood-obesity-drops-s_n_1152149.html

Moosycakes

National
Below average
You have a lower BMI than 93% of females aged 15-29 in your country
Global
Below average
You have a lower BMI than 71% of females aged 15-29 in the world
You're most like someone from Eritrea.

Wow, these statistics are really shocking.

KarensCanDoIt

interesting Statistics.

My BMI is 25.

National
Below average
You have a lower BMI than 81% of females aged 45-59 in your country

Global
Below average
You have a lower BMI than 53% of females aged 45-59 in the world

risenonlytofall

This is a fun calculator. It definitely challenges your perceptions of yourself. I've always considered myself average (not fat, not skinny). It's strange to think that our definitions of those words could have changed so much in such a short amount of time.

BMI is 21.

National
Below average
You have a lower BMI than 86% of females aged 15-29 in your country

Global
Below average
You have a lower BMI than 55% of females aged 15-29 in the world

You're most like someone from Thailand

kristen6022

Your numbers
Obesity Index

21 BMI (5'11, 147lbs)


Below average
You have a lower BMI than 92% of females aged 30-44 in your country

Below average
You have a lower BMI than 73% of females aged 30-44 in the world


Did you know?
If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 38,937,422 tonnes fromthe total weight of the world's population You're most like someone from Vietnam

CouleeRunner

I live in Canada

BMI = 23

Below Average BMI

Lower than 75% of the females in my age category in Canada
Lower than 59% of the females in my age category worldwide

Most like someone from Rwanda

Sarauk2sf

That is actually funny. I am on the cusp of overweight according to the BMI (lolz) but still lower BMI than 80% of females in my age group in the States.

"You're most like someone from France"

nowine4me

My BMI s 25. I'm most like someone from Myanmar.. Not sure where that is, but I'm below the national average. Which seems really odd. The people in Tonga must be huge.

ncruso24

23bmi
BMI is an estimate of how "overweight" or "obese" a person is
National
Below average
You have a lower BMI than 79% of females aged 15-29 in your country
Global
Above average
You have a higher BMI than 57% 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 12,229,692 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population
You're most like someone from Portugal*

Portuguese food that's cool.

RoadsterGirlie

Obesity is an epidemic. It's the truth, and a sad fact.

Here's my results:

18.7 BMI

You have a lower BMI than 96% of females aged 30-44 in your country

You have a lower BMI than 83% of females aged 30-44 in the world

If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 61,871,812 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population

BinaryPulsar

I have a lower weight than 96% of United States, 94% of Canada, and 85% of the world.

amonkey794

I'm lower than 94% of females in America and 77% lower than the world

bananapancakebella

Your numbers
Obesity Index
21bmi
BMI is an estimate of how "overweight" or "obese" a person is National
Below average
You have a lower BMI than 88% of females aged 15-29 in your country Global
Below average
You have a lower BMI than 60% 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 34,963,680 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population
You're most like someone from Chad*

elorawood

BMI 20
National: (My Birth Country, Germany)
Below Average
You have a lower BMI than 92% of females aged 30-44 in your country (For Mexico, where I live its 96%)
Global:
You have a lower BMI than 79% of females aged 30-44 in the world
You're most like someone from Ethiopia
Did you know?
If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 50,750,755 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population

Interesting, but kinda hard to believe - I see so many people every day that are a lot fitter/thinner than me - would be kinda strange that I run into so many of the 21% people of the world who have a lower BMI than me - are they all crowded around me?

EDIT: @ Sarauk - BMI calculation doesn´t work for people who are really fit & muscular - since it goes by weight, and muscles weigh more than fat etc... - from your picture it seems that you are very fit and have little body fat.