BMI is crappy for two reasons: the "squared" in the equation is only useful for two-dimensional beings, and, well, we're not; and BMI by itself doesn't take things like muscle mass vs fat mass into account. Very muscular athletes can have a high BMI (and therefore be "obese") because fat weighs more than muscle by volume.
My BMI is around 40, which is enough for one of my doctors to suggest Xenical (as if!). She's the only one who's said anything about it, though, and the Fulton Hogan doctor didn't seem concerned about my ability to do very physical work.
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Date: 2007-10-07 06:50 pm (UTC)My BMI is around 40, which is enough for one of my doctors to suggest Xenical (as if!). She's the only one who's said anything about it, though, and the Fulton Hogan doctor didn't seem concerned about my ability to do very physical work.