Re:The Average American Man's Body
by Theriac25 on Sunday October 13, 2013 @05:18AM
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I disagree. A 182cm (6ft) person can weigh only 82 kg (~180lbs) to be not considered overweight. If you have any amount of muscle and don't have a single digit bodyfat percentage, you're easily overweight according to BMI. And it only gets worse when you get taller. Similarly, short people can be seriously fat and not be considered overweight according to BMI. The exponent in the BMI formula should be larger than 2.
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I don't know. My husband is 6'4" and is scrawny build but with a bit of extra around the middle and he can feels 'overweight' right around the same time he hits the BMI level. I'm 4'11" and definitely feel the that BMI is correct with how my body feels.