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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 175656" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Totoro, you said, "THe only thing I dislike about the BMI is it can not take into consideration body type."</p><p></p><p>I agree with you. According to BMI, I have been classified as overweight in the past when in fact I was not. With all the weight I have now lost, I JUST fall into the "overweight" range and no longer the "obese" range. I now weigh about 80 Kg (170 pounds) and people say I don't look that heavy. I see other women who weigh a lot less than me, who are clearly carrying more fat.</p><p></p><p>I'm short in the legs and long in the body. Seated, husband & I are the same height. Standing, he is 6" taller. It means that the only difference in our heights is that 6" of leg, which weighs a lot less than 6" of torso. Yet he is classified as either normal weight, or just into the overweight range, while I'm right out the other side of overweight.</p><p></p><p>And doctors react accordingly, without actually LOOKING at me.</p><p></p><p>A TV program we had screening here on Wednesday night was Jamie Oliver's one on "Eat to Save Your Life". They made an interesting point - there were people on that show with a healthy BMI, but who on further examination turned out to have 50&#37; of their body volume made up of fat. These people were slim, you wouldn't have known. They MRI'd them all and found that a couple of the "obese" people had less fat (in one case, a lot less) than these "normal" people. One large bloke had almost all muscle (hence heavier weight, higher BMI) and very little fat. Despite having a BMI in the obese range he turned out to have one of the best health results of all the subjects - blood tests, stress test, MRI, the lot.</p><p></p><p>So BMI can be misleading. I don't like it. But since doctors use it, I need to stay in touch with it and any other parameters of good health.</p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 175656, member: 1991"] Totoro, you said, "THe only thing I dislike about the BMI is it can not take into consideration body type." I agree with you. According to BMI, I have been classified as overweight in the past when in fact I was not. With all the weight I have now lost, I JUST fall into the "overweight" range and no longer the "obese" range. I now weigh about 80 Kg (170 pounds) and people say I don't look that heavy. I see other women who weigh a lot less than me, who are clearly carrying more fat. I'm short in the legs and long in the body. Seated, husband & I are the same height. Standing, he is 6" taller. It means that the only difference in our heights is that 6" of leg, which weighs a lot less than 6" of torso. Yet he is classified as either normal weight, or just into the overweight range, while I'm right out the other side of overweight. And doctors react accordingly, without actually LOOKING at me. A TV program we had screening here on Wednesday night was Jamie Oliver's one on "Eat to Save Your Life". They made an interesting point - there were people on that show with a healthy BMI, but who on further examination turned out to have 50% of their body volume made up of fat. These people were slim, you wouldn't have known. They MRI'd them all and found that a couple of the "obese" people had less fat (in one case, a lot less) than these "normal" people. One large bloke had almost all muscle (hence heavier weight, higher BMI) and very little fat. Despite having a BMI in the obese range he turned out to have one of the best health results of all the subjects - blood tests, stress test, MRI, the lot. So BMI can be misleading. I don't like it. But since doctors use it, I need to stay in touch with it and any other parameters of good health. Marg [/QUOTE]
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