Re:Perceived Physical Activity and Mortality: Study
by SketchySeaBeast on Monday May 28, 2018 @12:12PM
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That changed drops my BMI two points, and as a tall person, really seems more in line with where I'm at weight wise. The goal for a normal weight is actually realistic and attainable. I've noticed that tall people only seem to be within the normal BMI range if they are the slender sort - if you look a more normally proportioned tall person you're automatically overweight, and very little extra weight put you in the obese category.
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Re:Perceived Physical Activity and Mortality: Study
by raverbashing on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @06:02AM
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Interesting, for a 2.0m tall person, for a BMI of 22 (normal) you should weight 95kg instead of 88kg for the regular BMI
Re:Perceived Physical Activity and Mortality: Study
by SketchySeaBeast on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @09:31AM
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You can weight 108 kg (238 lbs) instead of 100 (220 lbs) for a BMI of 25 (top of the normal range). 18 lbs is quite a lot of difference, even at that weight. I stand at 198 cm's and hit 238 lbs last summer. At that point I had very little belly fat - 220 lbs would probably get me close to visible abs (the top few at least), which I don't think should be the top of the "normal" category.