Healthy BMI for a 100lb, 5ft woman

AlohaCaliGirl
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Hi guys,
So I checked my BMI last night and it said that I am 27.7 ... apparently, a healthy BMI for someone like me would be 18.5 - 25.
But my body fat percentage is only 15%.
Is that healthy for a 5 foot, 100lb woman?
So I checked my BMI last night and it said that I am 27.7 ... apparently, a healthy BMI for someone like me would be 18.5 - 25.
But my body fat percentage is only 15%.
Is that healthy for a 5 foot, 100lb woman?
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You checked your BMI wrong...5' and 100 Lbs is a BMI of 19.54
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I don't know what BMI calculator you were using but 5 ft tall & 100lbs is 19.5 which is on the low end of the healthy range.
Don't fixate on BMI, it's great for measuring populations but not as useful for individuals, a 6ft tall 250 lb body builder would be considered obese using BMI.1 -
BrianSharpe wrote: »I don't know what BMI calculator you were using but 5 ft tall & 100lbs is 19.5 which is on the low end of the healthy range.
Don't fixate on BMI, it's great for measuring populations but not as useful for individuals, a 6ft tall 250 lb body builder would be considered obese using BMI.
I've seen a BMI calculator posted on here which is popular on pro-ana sites. It's completely skewed to make people think they're overweight.2 -
AlohaCaliGirl wrote: »Hi guys,
So I checked my BMI last night and it said that I am 27.7 ... apparently, a healthy BMI for someone like me would be 18.5 - 25.
But my body fat percentage is only 15%.
Is that healthy for a 5 foot, 100lb woman?
That's a borderline unhealthy bodyfat percentage... you want to focus on that not your incorrectly calculated BMI1 -
TavistockToad wrote: »AlohaCaliGirl wrote: »Hi guys,
So I checked my BMI last night and it said that I am 27.7 ... apparently, a healthy BMI for someone like me would be 18.5 - 25.
But my body fat percentage is only 15%.
Is that healthy for a 5 foot, 100lb woman?
That's a borderline unhealthy bodyfat percentage... you want to focus on that not your incorrectly calculated BMI
Well not to be too snarky but considering how far off op's bmi calculation was I probably wouldn't put too much faith in their bf% calculating...
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