Have you all noticed the big deal SI is making about choosing a "plus size" model for the cover. She is 6' 2" tall and a size 12! If she had a smaller dress size she would be a skeleton. The media (and government BMI standards) show a 6' 1" male 40 year old should Ideally weigh 160 lbs with 170 lbs over weight and 190 lbs is obese. I had a friend that weighed between 160 and 170 lbs his entire life and had pipe cleaner arms, Now the government is talking about charging you a surcharge tax if you are not in your assigned gov't BMI range. The next thing we know the government will be issuing crack pipes to elementary school kids to quiet them from complaining about being still hungry after the school lunch the consisted of a carrot stick, slice of apple and 4 raw kidney beans. The day a doctor mentions BMI to me I will tell I have not weighed that since I was 12 and ask him if he can still bench press his own weight at 60 years old.
A set standard to calculate body fat based on weight can be not that accurate in my opinion if you have a lot of muscle mass and larger bones or legs than normal for your body.
Maybe if I hadn't routinely gone up and down 6 stories in a matter of seconds in my dorm building in college or didn't at one time bicycle 18 to 30 some miles a day in only an hour or two a few days a week, then my bmi would be more accurate. I do not like the government or corporations informing you that you are unhealthy because some standard number doesn't match up to their healthy category.
A guy I knew in basic training was about 5'10" and 200 pounds. According to his BMI, which the Air Force tried to follow religiously, he should've been booted out of the service, but considering the guy was a serious body builder and he probably had his body fat was less that 4%, he wound up getting a waiver.
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Maybe if I hadn't routinely gone up and down 6 stories in a matter of seconds in my dorm building in college or didn't at one time bicycle 18 to 30 some miles a day in only an hour or two a few days a week, then my bmi would be more accurate. I do not like the government or corporations informing you that you are unhealthy because some standard number doesn't match up to their healthy category.
If it's plus size, blind, armless, or a transgender albino whatever sells.