BMI a good health indicator?Who are you kidding man
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My foot!Whoever adheres the BMI system and use it to gauge health is a moron!You simply cannot tell health status of people using weight but rather gauge health status of people on the following.
1.The type of food they eat.
2.Sedentary, moderately active, very active.
3.Family health background from past generations.
4.Past or present health ailments
5.No of times they get ill each year.
MY BMI is over 25, so what.Other classmates whose BMi is probably 20 or something gets absent more times than i do.I was ZERO times ill enough to be absent from school, the only time i am absent from school is after end of year examinations where you go school and stare at your classmates' penis.
BMI=Idiotic people -
BMI should be used to gauge sedantary people, not the overall population!
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your bmi above 25?
so.........
that means you are fat...
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Fat boy Fat boy,
what u gonna do?
What u gona do when gym ppl come after u
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i am the gym people
BMI believers are morons btw -
bmi does not take into account muscle mass, so i dont believe that Shit, i only believe my body fat percentage and lean muscle mass.
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i would be the same as coffeeortea and go for a full body mass separation checkup.Find out percentage of various masses like fat, muscle..rather than rely on some moronic formulae.
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health indicator.. sum ppl very skinny but 90kg..which is overweight. Best use the scales that send electro-pulse thru ur body to measure fat content
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you dont really have to go for a checkup through a medical professional, the equipments are pretty easy to get hold of and are user-friendly.Originally posted by chronicles:i would be the same as coffeeortea and go for a full body mass separation checkup.Find out percentage of various masses like fat, muscle..rather than rely on some moronic formulae. -
then can you propose another system that could give athe masses a rough gauge of their health level just by pressing a few buttons on the calculator?
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BMI not accurate. If you exercise regularly, you will have more muscles than fats. And muscles weigh heavier than fats. So when you measure your BMI, and it is 27, it could be due to the weight of muscles and not that you are overweight.
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BMI = Best Motoring International
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That's right... the other one that is more specific is the hydraulic meter which is far more impractical and expensive to use. It separates out all the body fat percentages and the muscle mass accurately...Originally posted by dibilo:then can you propose another system that could give athe masses a rough gauge of their health level just by pressing a few buttons on the calculator? -
Let's face it.... no system is perfect.
The best indicators would of course be percentage body fat and percentage body muscle... but that requires specialised equipment which only advanced health and fitness centers have.
BMI is the next best thing... just bear in mind that it has its limitations. A big-boned or muscular person would, for example, naturally have a higher BMI than a slightly tubby person who's mainly fat. I have a BMI of 61/(1.7)^2 = 21.1, and I know of slightly plump people who have slightly less or equal BMI.
Just please don't be so quick to diss BMI for its limitations. Not all of us can afford those fat meters, you know.
And please don't call me an idiot for using BMI as a rough gauge of my health.
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bmi not accurate one.
they forgot that muscle weight more than fats.
and some people have heavier bones than others.
so for people with muscle and heavy bones like me, is fatter than that fat boy across the other room with light weight bone but full of fats ar?