Originally Posted by Oleanshoebox
Mine's 25.1. I'm 6 feet 185 lbs and my bmi says I'm overweight and high risk. How bout you?
For those that don't know how, you multiply your body weight in lbs by 705 then divide it by your height in inches, then divide it by your height in inches again.
I understand what you're saying but BMI is really more for people who have a good amount of fat. It really started taking off for two reasons:
1. It's easy to understand
2. People with a lot of fat cannot be measured by a skinfold caliper.
For people with low fat (12% or less), you can and should use calipers instead of BMI. However, for someone over 20%, calipers just aren;t very accurate and BMI gives a better idea.