BMI, where are you on the scale?
Poll: BMI, where are you on the scale?
Total Members Polled: 217
Discussion
Take the test below and tell us where you are. Realize it won't work for the Olympic athletes amongst us!
http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Healthyweightcalcula...
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http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Healthyweightcalcula...
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BMI is a poor measure of obesity.
Waist to hip ratio is a better indicator. I'm obese according to the BMI, ideal according to WHR (Mountain biker, ex rugby player. 6ft 2 and pretty solid).
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/loseweight/Pages/Appleo...
Working out the risk to your health is simple. Using a tape measure, take the following steps:
1) Measure your hips
2) Measure your waist
3) Divide the waist number by the hip number
A ratio of 1.0 or more in men or 0.85 or more in women indicates that you are carrying too much weight around your middle. This puts you at increased risk of diseases that are linked to obesity, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Waist to hip ratio is a better indicator. I'm obese according to the BMI, ideal according to WHR (Mountain biker, ex rugby player. 6ft 2 and pretty solid).
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/loseweight/Pages/Appleo...
Working out the risk to your health is simple. Using a tape measure, take the following steps:
1) Measure your hips
2) Measure your waist
3) Divide the waist number by the hip number
A ratio of 1.0 or more in men or 0.85 or more in women indicates that you are carrying too much weight around your middle. This puts you at increased risk of diseases that are linked to obesity, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Now whilst I know I am overweight, this BMI in my opinion is nonsense.
I am 6ft and apparently my ideal weight is between 9 and 13st.
I was 12 and half stone when I was 17 and looked like a rake!!
I'm sure this was made up for selling diet products or similar.
Sod it, I'm off for a pasty
I am 6ft and apparently my ideal weight is between 9 and 13st.
I was 12 and half stone when I was 17 and looked like a rake!!
I'm sure this was made up for selling diet products or similar.
Sod it, I'm off for a pasty
North3rn Monk3y said:
BMI is a poor measure of obesity.
Waist to hip ratio is a better indicator. I'm obese according to the BMI, ideal according to WHR (Mountain biker, ex rugby player. 6ft 2 and pretty solid).
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/loseweight/Pages/Appleo...
Working out the risk to your health is simple. Using a tape measure, take the following steps:
1) Measure your hips
2) Measure your waist
3) Divide the waist number by the hip number
A ratio of 1.0 or more in men or 0.85 or more in women indicates that you are carrying too much weight around your middle. This puts you at increased risk of diseases that are linked to obesity, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
That's generally a good one but I heard that it's not as good for someone who is a athlete - powerlifter and the like?Waist to hip ratio is a better indicator. I'm obese according to the BMI, ideal according to WHR (Mountain biker, ex rugby player. 6ft 2 and pretty solid).
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/loseweight/Pages/Appleo...
Working out the risk to your health is simple. Using a tape measure, take the following steps:
1) Measure your hips
2) Measure your waist
3) Divide the waist number by the hip number
A ratio of 1.0 or more in men or 0.85 or more in women indicates that you are carrying too much weight around your middle. This puts you at increased risk of diseases that are linked to obesity, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
smiffy180 said:
That's generally a good one but I heard that it's not as good for someone who is a athlete - powerlifter and the like?
Don't see why not, generally you don't have massive abs with thin hips. I'm fairly slim and I'm currently 34:38 waist to hips, putting on 4 inches of solid muscle on my waist with no change in hip size would be unlikely I'd think. Bear in mind your hip measurement goes around the top of your arse so an increase in general muscle mass would increase it.smiffy180 said:
That's generally a good one but I heard that it's not as good for someone who is a athlete - powerlifter and the like?
Other way round I believe.WHR covers more of the general population, neither test is ideal for an athlete.
As muscle is denser than fat, a person could weigh more but have a slimmer physique.
So with BMI, you could be "overweight" due to a higher proportion of muscle.
I did nutrition as Uni, the opinion was always to value WHR more than BMI.
Flibble said:
Don't see why not, generally you don't have massive abs with thin hips. I'm fairly slim and I'm currently 34:38 waist to hips, putting on 4 inches of solid muscle on my waist with no change in hip size would be unlikely I'd think. Bear in mind your hip measurement goes around the top of your arse so an increase in general muscle mass would increase it.
Ah I found it, it was height divided by waist. Got mixed up BMI is a load of bks.
That silly NHS survey says my BMI is 28.7, well on the way to obese. It also suggests that my ideal weight should be between 51kg and 69.2 kg
So. I need to lose 10kg (at least), yet I ride a bike (proper mountain biking) for between 2 and 8 hours a week, and I'm lighter than I was 3 years ago, when I was a serving soldier passing all the various annual fitness tests/assessments.
51 kilograms????
F-f-f-f-f-fk right off! Under 55 kg was my Judo competition weight category when I was 14 years old! At 17/18 I was boxing for my unit, and needed to 'bulk up' to move up from Featherweight (54kg to 57kg) to Lightweight (57kg to 60kg) (IBA amateur, junior) because we had no natural Lightweight boxers on the team. Realistically, with a really concerted effort, and a supervised training regime, I might be able to shift about 6kg/1 stone, but even then I'd still be classed as 'Overweight' according to the BMI measure. It's a load of tripe, and best consigned to the medical history books...
That silly NHS survey says my BMI is 28.7, well on the way to obese. It also suggests that my ideal weight should be between 51kg and 69.2 kg
So. I need to lose 10kg (at least), yet I ride a bike (proper mountain biking) for between 2 and 8 hours a week, and I'm lighter than I was 3 years ago, when I was a serving soldier passing all the various annual fitness tests/assessments.
51 kilograms????
F-f-f-f-f-fk right off! Under 55 kg was my Judo competition weight category when I was 14 years old! At 17/18 I was boxing for my unit, and needed to 'bulk up' to move up from Featherweight (54kg to 57kg) to Lightweight (57kg to 60kg) (IBA amateur, junior) because we had no natural Lightweight boxers on the team. Realistically, with a really concerted effort, and a supervised training regime, I might be able to shift about 6kg/1 stone, but even then I'd still be classed as 'Overweight' according to the BMI measure. It's a load of tripe, and best consigned to the medical history books...
Edited by yellowjack on Saturday 24th January 21:47
This is addressed with an add on to Bmi that takes into account frame size ie waif like marathon runner versus rugby player.
If your wrist is more than 7.5" around then you can add 10% onto the Bmi ranges which moves some from obese to overweight for example. It is rubbish generally though as someone like Chris Hoy would be classed as obese given his height and muscle mass...
My Bmi 31 - I'm a rugby player shape - 6'1" and 16st 12, 48" chest, 40" waist... Would like to be under 15st but last time was when I was 14 years old.
If your wrist is more than 7.5" around then you can add 10% onto the Bmi ranges which moves some from obese to overweight for example. It is rubbish generally though as someone like Chris Hoy would be classed as obese given his height and muscle mass...
My Bmi 31 - I'm a rugby player shape - 6'1" and 16st 12, 48" chest, 40" waist... Would like to be under 15st but last time was when I was 14 years old.
Edited by FBP1 on Saturday 24th January 22:00
That looks like a sneaky way for the NHS to survey the nation's kids! You can get the BMI number without telling them your kids' dates of birth, height, and weight here:
http://www.online-calculator.com/bmi-calculator/
For what it's worth, mine is 26 (170, 75) which is 'overweight' - pretty laughable if you saw me.
http://www.online-calculator.com/bmi-calculator/
For what it's worth, mine is 26 (170, 75) which is 'overweight' - pretty laughable if you saw me.
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