Where are you on the global fat scale?

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  • RedMan33
    RedMan33 Posts: 11
    It's the stupidest measurement known to man.

    BMI 28

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

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

    You're most like someone from Croatia.
  • shaynemann39
    shaynemann39 Posts: 65
    You have a lower BMI than 53% of females aged 15-29 in your country

    You have a higher BMI than 68% of females aged 15-29 in the world


    You're most like someone from Haiti*
    =) I could go for haiti.... mmmm warm weather and francais !
  • BabsPerl
    BabsPerl Posts: 18 Member
    "You're most like someone from Ethiopia."

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

    "You have a lower BMI than 86% of females aged 30-44 in the world"
  • m60kaf
    m60kaf Posts: 421 Member
    Mine came up quite rosy I'm apparently in the lower 10 % of my country and getting more 3rd world in my weight... my mate who is pretty much the same, I'd argue a lot fitter than me came up a fatty.... The difference I'm and inch or two talller

    All this kind of rubbish serves to prove is you can prove whatever you want

    % body fat ... I would be interested

    Remember

    Matt Damon - BMI 26

    Brad Pitt - BMI 28

    George Clooney - BMI 29

    ... and that doesn't mean YOU aren't fat
  • swat1948
    swat1948 Posts: 302 Member
    Yeah me too, OMG...Gonna go sit in the corner and cry now. :'(
  • sheleen302
    sheleen302 Posts: 266 Member
    Make sure you are using pounds not kilograms--I had the same response and realized I was using the wrong metric.
  • chelseyjoan
    chelseyjoan Posts: 79 Member
    well thank you for that, another site saying that i'm obese..
    how very encouraging!
    :laugh:
  • dotti1121
    dotti1121 Posts: 751 Member
    Well that made me want to kill myself.

    ^^^ THis! :(

    Apparently I'm from Kuwait...
  • Fat_2_Fit_Mommy
    Fat_2_Fit_Mommy Posts: 569 Member
    Bahamas 53%
  • missyfarr
    missyfarr Posts: 22 Member
    Rwanda. Below average fat for the US (lower BMI than 86% of females in my age group) and below average globally (lower BMI than 60% of females in my age group). Interesting!!
  • lesita75
    lesita75 Posts: 379 Member
    I'm similar to Jamaican. Which is very interesting. My daughter's father is Jamaican. I LOVE Jamaican food (grew up in South Florida); it is by far my favorite cuisine, and I love dancehall music.

    ETA:

    But, this part doesn't make me so happy: :sad:

    -You have a higher BMI than 53% of females aged 30-44 in your country.
    -You have a higher BMI than 86% of females aged 30-44 in the world.
    -If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would add 74,682,815 tonnes tothe total weight of the world's population.
  • mrsnathanandrew
    mrsnathanandrew Posts: 631 Member
    This is incredibly depressing :-(

    I am above average, I have a higher bmi than 77% of the women aged 15-29 in my country (US), I have a higher bmi than 98% of the women in the world aged 15-29, and I'm most like someone from Micronesia

    I didn't think I was that bad...I'm 22 5'9 and weigh 209 lbs..but they factor in those teenagers and suddenly I feel very, very fat
  • marieautumn
    marieautumn Posts: 928 Member
    i'm most like some one from Kyrgyzstan....and i feel stupid for not know where that is?
  • swat1948
    swat1948 Posts: 302 Member
    And by the way my country was Malta. BMI 34 and my BMI is 91% higher than women 60 to 69 in the world? OMG!
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    National: You have a lower BMI than 86% of females aged 15-29 in your country.

    Global: You have a lower BMI than 57% of females aged 15-29 in the world

    If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 31,173,398 tonnes fromthe total weight of the world's population.

    You're most like someone from Pakistan.
  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,271 Member
    Oh yay Im a Fat tub of lard thanks BBC like I didnt already know that

    If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would add 112,221,622 tonnes to the total weight of the world's population
  • ambrwaves27
    ambrwaves27 Posts: 206
    According to this I am the FATTEST PERSON IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.

    I hope I get some kind of prize.
    [

    Me too! LOL!!!! Maybe we should start a new MFP group with that name.


    HAHAHA! Dying!
  • NWCountryGal
    NWCountryGal Posts: 1,992 Member
    I'm scared to ask but do they have a scale for where I am on the Global "old" scale? I imagine I'll come in as the older than a 100% of the people on Earth! Beam me up Don Ameche and the rest of the Cocoon crew!! I'm outa here:laugh:
    Just been on the BBC website this morning and saw an item I thought I would share.

    Turns out I have below average fat for my country but above average globally.

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

    I am most like someone from Ireland.

    Where are you on the scale?
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Meh, BMI calculated from height and weight only.

    22% puts me at Mali. (However, single-site caliper says ~14%...)


    (...to which someone should definitely respond, "Meh, BMI calculated from single-site caliper reading only.")
  • tlblood
    tlblood Posts: 473 Member
    Well that made me want to kill myself.

    Me too! That was bad!
  • JanineHarrison
    JanineHarrison Posts: 164 Member
    National: Below average
    You have a lower BMI than 54% of females aged 15-29 in your country Global

    Global: Above average
    You have a higher BMI than 85% of females aged 15-29 in the world


    Did you know?
    If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would add 33,138,483 tonnes tothe total weight of the world's population

    If I change my age to 30 to put myself in the older range the below and above stays the same but the percent changes to 68% for each.
  • scruffykaz
    scruffykaz Posts: 317 Member
    Well that made me want to kill myself.

    haha! Me too! I'm officially a heifer!! :laugh:
  • TubbsMcGee
    TubbsMcGee Posts: 1,058 Member
    Neat!

    BMI lower than 91% of females my age in my country, Lower than 80% of the females in the world.
    "If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 66,691,507 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population"
    •"Most like someone from Vietnam"•
  • SilkyHotspur
    SilkyHotspur Posts: 233 Member
    let me just say this...total bollocks is what this is. I freakin' hate the BMI measurement, and for the love of god stop using it!!!

    i'm 44, 5'10, 178....BMI is 26, i'm overweight...really?.... Body Fat % is the only thing that counts. To be honest, you're better off with no scale at all, just a simple tape measure.

    *rant over*..
  • lupa_girl
    lupa_girl Posts: 21
    *rocks in the corner* Well that was certainly depressing.

    My country was Tonga and I am the fattest female in my age range in the world.

    *munches on a damn carrot stick* :sad:
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    Mine came up quite rosy I'm apparently in the lower 10 % of my country and getting more 3rd world in my weight... my mate who is pretty much the same, I'd argue a lot fitter than me came up a fatty.... The difference I'm and inch or two talller

    All this kind of rubbish serves to prove is you can prove whatever you want

    % body fat ... I would be interested

    Remember

    Matt Damon - BMI 26

    Brad Pitt - BMI 28

    George Clooney - BMI 29

    ... and that doesn't mean YOU aren't fat

    Seriously, if your BMI is over 25 you are either (1) overweight from excess fat or (2) "overweight" from excess muscle. If you happen to be part of the minority of people with an overweight BMI but low body fat %, you know damn well you are because you put a lot of work into getting that extra muscle. The index works pretty well for average people with average muscle mass and average amounts of BF%. It isn't nearly as flawed as people like to believe to make themselves feel better on this site. Those three actors put a lot of time, effort, and money into adding muscle mass to get their physique.
  • AprilRenewed
    AprilRenewed Posts: 691 Member
    Your numbers
    Obesity Index
    19bmi
    BMI is an estimate of how "overweight" or "obese" a person is
    National
    Below average
    You have a lower BMI than 95% of females aged 30-44 in your country
    Global
    Below average
    You have a lower BMI than 81% 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 56,163,664 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population
    You're most like someone from Ethiopia*

    ETHIOPIA???
  • Sarahbara76
    Sarahbara76 Posts: 601 Member
    BMI 22 AT 5FT 7INCHES 139POUNDS Female 36years old
    well it says I am most like someone from Burkina Faso
    Location:
    Western Africa, north of Ghana

    National
    Below average
    You have a lower BMI than 89% of females aged 30-44 in your country

    Global
    Below average
    You have a lower BMI than 66% of females aged 30-44 in the world
  • StarvingDiva
    StarvingDiva Posts: 1,107 Member
    I'm above average in both, I've always been an overachiever...err wait?
  • Beatrix0810
    Beatrix0810 Posts: 138
    I'm below average in both and most like Pakistan haha.

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