View Poll Results: Which BMI are you?

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  • Underweight

    5 5.43%
  • Normal

    31 33.70%
  • Overweight

    26 28.26%
  • Obese

    30 32.61%
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Thread: Weight (BMI) Poll

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    Weight (BMI) Poll

    According to CDC there are 4 categories for us: Underweight, Normal, Overweight, and Obese and it all depends on this calculation of body mass index. I punched in my weight and height and was surprised at the result (obese). So, I'm curious, and thought it would be interesting to poll the folks on this forum.
    Here's the plan, go to this link to the CDC BMI Calculator, enter your height and weight and select the poll category this calculator says you are. Simple and anonymous.

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    OK. Moderators please review and confirm this is anonymous poll so folks aren't inhibited to select their proper CDC selection. Thank you

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    I'm right on the cusp of a BMI of 25 (just a bit under). The problem I see with these kind of charts is that one pound (even half a pound) can move you between "normal" and "overweight".

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    Mine came in at a surprising 30.3. Time for a diet I guess. I know my Doc will read me the riot act next week.

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    My calculation came in right on the edge of obese/overweight.

    I am down over 30 pounds from my high range. If I got down another 30 it would still have me at overweight. I would be skin and bones at that weight.

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    I came out of the Army in '71 @ 6'3" and a lean mean 210 lbs. According to the calculator I was overweight. I'll never see 210 again.
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    According to the BMI scale, I'm "overweight": 6'1", 195lbs. And I teach fitness classes at a local gym. The issue is that the scale doesn't factor in people who are muscular.

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    I need to be an inch taller. I used to be 6-0, but now am 5-11. That inch of shrinkage changes my classification. But when I weighed 184 (upper end of normal scale, I wore one size smaller pants and shirts.

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    Obese is the new "normal", exactly the conversation I had with two friends at lunch - at a Farmer Boys in Southern California where 80%+ were obese.

    At 63 my BMI according to the calculator is 22.6. I would have been horrified to be that high at 40.

    I would say the chart need to take age and extremely muscular body types into the calculation.
    Last edited by Greg R Bradley; 05-10-2016 at 9:53 PM.

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    It's not right. I'm 5'7" and 173, but I lift weights-have for 52 years, and have a resting heart rate 12 bpm below my age in years. I wear a 43 short coat, and size 32 waist pants. I don't believe I'm overweight.

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    I win the prize for first underweight (BMI 15.9), although not exactly happy about it. I struggle every day to force down food I don't want to barely get enough calories to survive. Yes, I am one of the toughest cases my GI specialist has among his patients. Also, if tough on my wife who struggles with the opposite problem, how do you cook a single meal that is good for both of us?

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    Not gonna even check mine.It'll say obese when at 5-10 ,210#.....need to be at 215.

    35 waist 48 chest.60 y.o.,with almost 6 pack abs from well over 40 years of hard labor.Have been a competitive traditional archer(hopped up recurves) for almost that long.

    Down a few pounds,and it shows up at the end of day with fatigue.Whatever?

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    I'm 66 years old, 5'5" and weigh 130 lbs. I'm in the "normal" category even though I eat like a horse.
    Must be all the exercise I get working here on my tree farm.

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    Thanks for the responses as I just didn't think the calculation is correct at all. Sure I could stand to lose a couple pounds and I'd agree that I'm overweight, but as many others have pointed out, there's just too many variables in real people. Like someone else mentioned though, if I were to be back to my playing weight (post college when I was very active and in great shape) this stupid calculator would still call me overweight. The bad thing to me is that I'm convinced that stupid calculations like this BMI thing are actually used by insurance companies and eventually our rates will be defined by measures such as this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Erik Loza View Post
    According to the BMI scale, I'm "overweight": 6'1", 195lbs. And I teach fitness classes at a local gym. The issue is that the scale doesn't factor in people who are muscular.

    Erik
    That's exactly right, those 'one size fits all' charts make no allowance for build. Two guys, both 6'1. One guy is a string bean that weighs 170 lbs. The other guy is an NFL lineman that weighs 290 and can bench 400 lbs. But he's obese by that chart. Ooookkayyyy........

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