BMI- is it bollocks?

[Questions]

Look, unless your a muscle bound, gym freak, BMI is a fair indication of your physical shape concerning fat. So get dieting you fat fuckers.

 

[Kumquat]

Never flown with them myself.

 

[nwgull]

Look, unless your a muscle bound, gym freak, BMI is a fair indication of your physical shape concerning fat. So get dieting you fat fuckers.

This. Just because it's a load of bollocks when applied to professional rugby players or body builders, it doesn't mean it should be dismissed as a load of bollocks generally. If you're a couple of stone above normal range, then the chances are that you've got an unhealthy body fat %age.

 

[BLOCK F]

Blimey,with all the talk about consuming pies and copious amounts of ale that one usually gets on NSC,I am surprised anyone has what is termed a normal BMI!
Perhaps it is the younger members who are commenting??
Wish I was the same as I was when I was in my 20's ,but alas,in my 65th year I am rather too well upholstered and have started a serious diet.Painful but necessary.

 

[BLOCK F]

Blimey,with all the talk about consuming pies and copious amounts of ale that one usually gets on NSC,I am surprised anyone has what is termed a normal BMI!
Perhaps it is the younger members who are commenting??
Wish I was the same as I was when I was in my 20's ,but alas,in my 65th year I am rather too well upholstered and have started a serious diet.Painful but necessary.

Don't know what happened there with the double post............lack of calories maybe!

 

[Questions]

Blimey,with all the talk about consuming pies and copious amounts of ale that one usually gets on NSC,I am surprised anyone has what is termed a normal BMI!
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BMI = Beer money innit.

 

[Woodchip]

Hip/waist ratio is a lot more accurate than BMI. BMI is heavily flawed.

 

[BLOCK F]

BMI = Beer money innit.

 

[Bob!]

After watching embarassing fat bodies last night on Channel 4 I decided to check my BMI, now I'm no slim jim but I'm a fairly rotund fella, anyways I'm 6ft 1 and 15 and a half stone and after inputting this info in on the embarassing bodies website it says I'm obese!! And that my ideal weight should be 11 stone!!! I'm naturally big boned and canst believe that I would ever get to this weight! Is it me or is the BMI just a bit far fetched?

Yeah it's crap

I'm 5 11, weigh 15.6 stone as of this morning, although it may be lower as I have just taken an epic shit

But I hit the weights and jog alot!! BMI. Can go f*** itself

BMI is a guide. According to BMI Usain Bolt is obese.

That shouldn't stop you two getting some proper advice about your weight though!

 

[gazingdown]

BMI is a guide. According to BMI Usain Bolt

Don't think he is, just googled him and he's 94kg and 1.96m tall so bmi=24.7 so OK, not even overweight (25), let alone obese (30)