Djgb13 2,338 Posted April 16, 2015 What do you guys think of BMI standards in America? I know in the military they stress BMI a lot and some people can fail pt tests if their BMI is took high. An interesting article I read about BMI would have Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson over the limit. Diesel would be overweight while Johnson would be classified as obese. http://www.menshealth.com/fitness/the-problem-with-BMI There's the article I'm referring to Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chronic Husker 85 Posted April 16, 2015 You're the doctor. What the fock are you asking the short bus for? We ask you this question. Not the other way around. If you can't tell us, you're in the wrong place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sho Nuff 719 Posted April 16, 2015 I think most standard indexes that dont really take body type and muscle into consideration are typically crap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Djgb13 2,338 Posted April 16, 2015 You're the doctor. What the fock are you asking the short bus for? We ask you this question. Not the other way around. If you can't tell us, you're in the wrong place. I've already voiced my opinion over not liking the BMI standards simply because everyone's body is different. Genetically people are going to nattily be bigger than others but the whole BMI scale to me is out of whack. Haven't bothered educating any of my patients on it because I don't believe in that standard of determining if someone is healthy or overweight. Just curious as to what nonmedical people thought of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmmmm...beer 691 Posted April 17, 2015 It's horsesh!t. It's old and antiquated. Doesn't take into effect body type at all like your saying. I'm apparently morbidly obeast, pretty much have been all my adult life. No accounting of muscularity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HenryHill9323 65 Posted April 17, 2015 It's horsesh!t. It's old and antiquated. Doesn't take into effect body type at all like your saying. I'm apparently morbidly obeast, pretty much have been all my adult life. No accounting of muscularity. Maybe they should measure from the neck down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 5,197 Posted April 17, 2015 As an absolute number it is a joke; it is so simplistic and as people have pointed out, different people have different body styles (look up ectomorph, mesomorph, endomorph at http://www.muscleandstrength.com/articles/body-types-ectomorph-mesomorph-endomorph.html ). I suppose as a relative number tracked over time it may have value, but as I think of it, that is basically the same as tracking weight. I also question their definitions of overweight and obese. I'm an ectomorph (thin frame) so I should do the best on the scale. At 5'11" and 175 pounds, I was at the normal/overweight line. Really? Nobody would have called me fat. I've since lost 10 pounds so I'm in the normal range, woohoo!, but a lot of guys could just not get there. Also for my height, the normal range is from 136 to 175 pounds, with the center around 156. Really really? A 136 pound 5'11" guy is normal? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Djgb13 2,338 Posted April 17, 2015 As an absolute number it is a joke; it is so simplistic and as people have pointed out, different people have different body styles (look up ectomorph, mesomorph, endomorph at http://www.muscleandstrength.com/articles/body-types-ectomorph-mesomorph-endomorph.html ). I suppose as a relative number tracked over time it may have value, but as I think of it, that is basically the same as tracking weight. I also question their definitions of overweight and obese. I'm an ectomorph (thin frame) so I should do the best on the scale. At 5'11" and 175 pounds, I was at the normal/overweight line. Really? Nobody would have called me fat. I've since lost 10 pounds so I'm in the normal range, woohoo!, but a lot of guys could just not get there. Also for my height, the normal range is from 136 to 175 pounds, with the center around 156. Really really? A 136 pound 5'11" guy is normal? That's the problem I've always had with the BMI scale. When I had patients coming in to consult with me about their weight they would bring up the BMI scale in which I would tell them never to follow that because it just doesn't work for people. If a persons vital signs are good, their lab work comes back normal, and they pass "the eye test", looking at someone to determine whether they are overweight or not, then they are perfectly healthy. I like to use the phrase "if you look down and can't see your feet because of your stomach then you're overweight and need to diet and exercise a little". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magnificent Bastard 190 Posted April 17, 2015 Maybe they should measure from the neck down. RMFF! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frank 2,144 Posted April 17, 2015 Sounds like a buncha fatasses making excuses to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Djgb13 2,338 Posted April 17, 2015 Sounds like a buncha fatasses making excuses to me. Actually it's quite the opposite. Would you consider the Rock to be obese? By the current BMI standards he is obese. Not just overweight, the step beyond that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewbieJr 540 Posted April 17, 2015 I think most standard indexes that dont really take body type and muscle into consideration are typically crap.exactly. I'm considered way overweight on a BMI chart and I hardly have any bodyfat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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