BMI

[Beetle]

My doc reckons my Body Mass Index is 26 - anyone out there know if I'm in good shape or about to meet my maker ?????
:rolleye::rolleye::rolleye:

[TP]

25 is considered good - so 26 is just slightly higher than average. You're fine.

However, I think BMI is a big steaming pile of misdirection. It doesn't take into account your build etc. Even when I was in the Army and extremely fit my BMI was always in the overweight range, and I wasn't overweight. I've got a big build.

After I bulked up to play rugby the BMI classified me as obese! I'd like to see an obese person play 80 minutes of rugby at inside centre!

[Beetle]

Cheers TP - based on your sound advice I reckon I still might have some years left in me.

:sing::sing::sing:

[sparkin]

Originally posted by TP
I'd like to see an obese person play 80 minutes of rugby at inside centre!

Especially on crutches;):P:lol:

[Dibble]

why didn't you just ask your doc instead or relying on an ex aussie squaddie and a tractor drivers guesswork ????

just a thought ....

[YMFB]

well if BMI is the same as body fat measurement and I realise it may not, the nutritionist at the gym I use measured mine at 35! she told me 18 - 25 was normal and that 22 is my target.

So now you know what YMFB stands for

You Mega Fat 8astard

[AK]

so - whats your BMI then Dibs?:puzzled:

C:saint:

[Dibble]

Originally posted by CK and AK
so - whats your BMI then Dibs?:puzzled:

C:saint:

don't know. don't care.

[sparkin]

Originally posted by DIBBLE
why didn't you just ask your doc instead or relying on an ex aussie squaddie and a tractor drivers guesswork ????

just a thought ....

Harsh...........................but fair


BMI is worked out using your height and weight,it bears no relation to body fat,cardio fitness and muscle tone....Tractor driver over and out.

[TP]

Originally posted by DIBBLE
why didn't you just ask your doc instead or relying on an ex aussie squaddie and a tractor drivers guesswork ????

just a thought ....

BMI is readily publilshed on the internet - google is your friend.

As my esteemed nar**** tractor driving gent confirms, the only two variables in BMI are height and weight. So ... essentially completely useless.

YMFB - a body fat measurement, assuming you're referring to a pinch test, is a much more accurate method of finding out your body fat percentage. Which is actually relevant to you, regardless of your BMI indicator.

As a measure of how useful the BMI is ... I was around 27 on the BMI scale, which is overweight heading towards obesity (30 and above is obese) but I was quite lean. Yeah yeah I hear you all say, but I was running 5km's in 19 minutes at the time, and doing sprint series triathlons, on top of being a soldier.

My current BMI is 30 - so according to that scale I'm obese. I'm definitely overweight at the moment but I'm not obese.

[Herb]

I'm with TP on this one. The problem I have is that many insurance companies now use BMI to assess your risk and amend your premium accordingly, with a BMI of 28 I am a health risk, despite being fit, playing lots of sport, cycling and running marathons I am a bad risk, whereas my skinny mate who has never taken excercise in his life is a good risk.

Try arguing with a call centre employee when they tell you your premium has gone up because your over weight......computer says no.......

Forget pinch tests, imersion tests, BMI etc, look in the mirror, are you fat?

[Edited on 7-11-2005 by Herb]

[ScottyB]

Guys coming offshore have to get regular medicals and panic at the thought of there BMI being too high.

I always explain to them that it is there purely as a guideline, the grouping and bands are too poorly defined to be accurate.

What you need to do is have something more accurate in conjunction with the BMI like a 10 year CHD (Coronary Heart diesease) risk calculation.

That will give you a truer reflection and a rather sobering figure of how likely you are to have a CHD or stroke episode in the next 10 years!

Regards

ScottyB

[andyb]

I understand a professional rugby players' bmi like cohen to be around 10!

[andyb]

Originally posted by TP

After I bulked up to play rugby the BMI classified me as obese! I'd like to see an obese person play 80 minutes of rugby at inside centre!

depends how long you stand around just trying to look good!:o