What is your BMI?

[TimM]

32.9

Hard to believe if I lost 50 lbs. I'd still be just inside the overweight range.

[spamuell]

16.3

[LotsOfOuts69]

6 foot 185 = 25.1 = overweight??

I mean, I am a little flabby and not in great shape, but I can't be overweight. I am the skinniest guy of all my friends.

This is dumb.

--LoO

[dtbog]

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I am the skinniest guy of all my friends.

This is dumb.

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Impeccable logic.

[Reef]

19.9. I would've thought it would need more info to be accurate. guess not?

[Zurvan]

26 - slightly overweight.

I recently read an article in Scientific American about BMI. There's some scientists that question its usefulness, since it's basically an arbitrary measure designed by the US government. And, as other posters mentioned, it doesn't account for muscle mass/bone density. I mean, 50% of the NBA is considered obese.

I don't remember all the details, I think its from the May issue if anybody's interested in more.

[PokerBob]

I just did it and it told me 29, which means that I am nearly obese. I know I am fat, but there is no way in hell I am obese. I am 6'1" 220. When I used to run 70 miles/week, I was 185, which would put me at just under overweight according to this scale. MY % body fat then coudn't have been more than 7. Gimme a break. This thing is retarded.

[groo]

retarded it may be...but it pegged me, 28.6....i'm fat

[drewjustdrew]

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I just did it and it told me 29, which means that I am nearly obese. I know I am fat, but there is no way in hell I am obese. I am 6'1" 220. When I used to run 70 miles/week, I was 185, which would put me at just under overweight according to this scale. MY % body fat then coudn't have been more than 7. Gimme a break. This thing is retarded.

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Obese is just a technical term though. Morbidly obese is what people normally consider the standard "obese".

[Cancer Merchant]

Great, according to this, I need to grow 9 inches. Better hit the rack.