Where are you on the global fat scale?

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  • lauren3382
    lauren3382 Posts: 372 Member
    OK... I don't think this thing is right. I have a BMI of 19. It says that I have less body fat than 86% of women 45 - 59, and that I have the body fat of someone from Bangladesh. I feel like I am at a good weight for me. I'm not starving. I just like being thin and healthy.
    I'm most likely from Ethiopia?!?!?! I'm really not THAT skinny...

    i would like to point out that you only see the bad stuff in the worst areas on the news. these places don't have 100% of the population startving 100% of the time, ffs!

    these countries have cities and lawyers and fast food joints. they have unique and rich cultures.

    to assume they are all little wide eyed skeletons sitting in dust, as far as the eye can see, for mile upon mile upon mile? just plain daft! that's like me assuming all americans weigh 300 pounds and wear stetsons.

    Give me a break... No one assumed that everyone there is a "little wide eyed skeleton"...those are your words, no one elses.
  • jwaitman
    jwaitman Posts: 367 Member
    Very Interesting. I am most like some one from India.
  • Franzibear
    Franzibear Posts: 41 Member
    lol, forgot to move it from kilos to lbs the first time and almost had a heart attack. Heheh.


    Apparently I am above fat for my place, above fat globally... and I am most like someone from Samoa.. which sounds about right since I am tall and gigantic. And have awesome hair. The end.

    I had the same O.O
  • sab0834
    sab0834 Posts: 56 Member
    RIGHT THERE W YOU! i WAS LIKE OH, WELL I WAS FEELING GOOD.
  • jcjsjones
    jcjsjones Posts: 571 Member
    Currently BMI 31. I have a higher BMI than 58% of my country and 89% of the world.

    That made me pretty sad, so I decided to put in by beginning weight...

    Beginning BMI 40. I used to have a higher BMI than 95% of my country and 100% of the world.

    That made me feel much better :wink: .
  • HLeAnn
    HLeAnn Posts: 261 Member
    BMI= 23


    Most like Austria. My BMI is lower than 77% of women my age in the US, but higher than 60 % of women my age globally.

    Very interesting!
  • LizL217
    LizL217 Posts: 217 Member
    Very informative. My only criticism is that BMI is a flawed calculation... people who have a very low body fat % but a lot of muscle (and therefore weigh a lot for their height) end up with a high BMI. My BF has about 5% body fat but his BMI puts him in the overweight/obese category just because he's muscular!

    But it's still a helpful article. Sometimes its good to step back and see yourself from a broader perspective. I live in Manhattan, where it seems like all the women my age are supermodels, but according to this article I have a lower BMI than 91% of women in my age group in the US and lower than 70% of women in the world. It's encouraging.
  • Monicaislosingit
    Monicaislosingit Posts: 15
    this is so depressing
  • sarrah_n
    sarrah_n Posts: 192 Member
    This is really interesting! I am most like an Ethopian woman age 15-29. Who knew?!?
  • eganita
    eganita Posts: 501 Member
    Thanks! This was very cool. I found it very interesting (and pretty shocking/disturbing) that my BMI is lower than 82% of females in my country (USA). I'm most like someone from Lithuania, apparently!
  • Wonderob
    Wonderob Posts: 1,372 Member
    Very informative. My only criticism is that BMI is a flawed calculation

    Well I'm hoping this is just for interest only and not something on which to base your diet plans!
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    Not what I expected, haha, apparently I am below average in the United States, with a lower BMI than 76% of women in my age range, but above the global average, higher BMI than 57% of women my age. I am most like women from Swaziland...
  • LeenaRuns
    LeenaRuns Posts: 1,309 Member
    I'm 30, 5'6", 116lbs from the United States.

    You're most like someone from Ethiopia*

    You have a lower BMI than 95% of females aged 30-44 in your country
    You have a lower BMI than 83% of females aged 30-44 in the world
  • wurgin
    wurgin Posts: 241 Member
    that was depressing - i thought i was doing so well in getting in the normalish range but I am still heavier than 60% of canadian women my age and 74% of women my age globally. Now, to be fair, I do not aspire to be in the Ethiopian BMI, but crap.
  • Coffeycreations
    Coffeycreations Posts: 8 Member
    Looks like I am most like someone from chad-only have ever heard of that from the kids movie "Cats and Dogs"! Can you tell what I've been doing for the past 11 years?!

    This, however gives me a false sense of security, which has been my problem now for years! Says I have a lower bmi than 89% of women in the usa and 69% of women in the world. Got to add my pic of my lovely self in my suit.....that will remind me. HA!

    Thanks for sharing!
  • ronaldmcyd
    ronaldmcyd Posts: 54 Member
    If everyone in the world had the same BMI as me it would add 9,596,204 tonnes to the total weight of the world's population :noway:
  • spiregrain
    spiregrain Posts: 254 Member
    Honduras -- it's crazy that I am overweight, yet apparently less overweight than 67% of US women in my age range. My husband is like someone from Brazil. I feel pretty good about that. Obviously we have work to do but we are making progress every day. :)

    But... what the hell is going on in Tonga and Micronesia?! Wow! Apparently the food is GOOD!
  • LizJ08
    LizJ08 Posts: 127
    Afghanistan. Very interesting...thanks for sharing!
  • mummytummybyebye
    mummytummybyebye Posts: 11
    You have a lower BMI than 82% of females aged 15-29 in your country
    You have a lower BMI than 57% of females aged 15-29 in the world

    I'm more like someone from pakistan, I'm from the U.K
  • jaxCarrie
    jaxCarrie Posts: 214 Member
    From my starting weight - I went from UAE to Hondoras. I have more work to do....but I'm getting better :-) Would be happy at Thailand.....or maybe I just want to go there?!?
  • amculver1
    amculver1 Posts: 36 Member
    bump
  • Darlingir
    Darlingir Posts: 437
    Well that made me want to kill myself.

    lol
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
    That was neat.

    You have a lower BMI than 59% of females aged 15-29 in your country
    You have a higher BMI than 81% of females aged 15-29 in the world (that's.... depressing...)
    You're most like someone from Saint Lucia*

    I'm 5'2 and 140-ish lbs, I haven't weighed in a while.
  • Darlingir
    Darlingir Posts: 437
    well this cheered me up...

    "If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would add 135,238,962 tonnes to the total weight of the world's population "
  • Debby0904
    Debby0904 Posts: 151 Member
    National - Lower than 92% of women
    Global - Lower than 75% of women
    Looks like I belong in Papua New Guinea hahahahaha
  • LPCoder
    LPCoder Posts: 404 Member
    You have a lower BMI than 71% of females aged 45-59 in your country (US)

    You have a higher BMI than 61% of females aged 45-59 in the world

    I was surprised at the US statistic! I am 5'6" and weigh 166. Somehow that just doesn't seem right.
  • Melanie_RS
    Melanie_RS Posts: 417 Member
    Liberia! but I think I'll stay here where it claims I'm lower than 86% of the females my age....LOL and a BMI lower than 60% of other females globally my age...


    really? ok, that made my day! :)
  • blair_bear
    blair_bear Posts: 165
    Lebanon? Oh they couldn't handle all this.
  • carriempls
    carriempls Posts: 326 Member
    I'm most like someone from Chile.

    My BMI is lower than 62% of ladies in my age range in the US. I'm smaller than average. Wahooo!

    That's pretty significant for me. :)
  • SallyJ1985
    SallyJ1985 Posts: 9
    Well that made me want to kill myself.

    Hilarious - not the best motivation i agree.

    I'm Botswana - sounds like a place where people may be in famine - the opposite of my kitchen cupboard.

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