Health & Fitness Is BMI accurate or misleading? (Page 2) msk01kxx Follow Xper 6 Age: 29 Follow FacebookTwitterWhatsApp 02 Is BMI accurate or misleading? Post Opinion Like Share Follow 2 likes
Liam_Hayden Follow Guru Age: 28 +1 y It is garbage for body fat %. I'm 6'2 and just about 200 lbs. According to BMI I am overweight. Except my body fat % is between 10% and 11%. 2 0 Reply
Apple1996 Follow Master Age: 27 , mho 39% +1 y 842 opinions shared on Health & Fitness topic. It isn't accurate for me since I'm soo short. I'm sure it not accurate for a lot of other people too 0 0 Reply
Itsme1999 Follow Xper 2 Age: 24 +1 y It's not that when you have a good bmi you are healthy. People always assume that a good bmi means that they are healthy. Exercising is really important to be healthy. 0 0 Reply
ultimega Follow Guru Age: 34 +1 y Yes it I'd as it's a very broad indicator. Not including those who have a higher percentage of muscle and bone density 0 0 Reply
Matt57 Follow Yoda Age: 24 +1 y It’s misleading and inaccurate. I learned in my contemporary health class that Water Displacement is the most accurate form of measurement. 0 0 Reply
Aaron_Stone Follow Xper 5 Age: 25 +1 y Its just measure you can add deviation to it according to your standard. The thing that matters is how you look and how fit you are. 0 0 Reply
COMMODOREII Follow Master Age: 44 +1 y 1.2K opinions shared on Health & Fitness topic. It is actually misleading i was told by the hospital i worked at that they are working on better indicators. 0 0 Reply
TacosRAwesome Follow Master Age: 34 +1 y 555 opinions shared on Health & Fitness topic. Accurate for the average person, not so much for people with a high muscle mass. 0 0 Reply
gruvman Follow Xper 3 Age: 34 +1 y It's misleading because if your weight is over but because of muscles then you're in a good condition 0 0 Reply
Lunatic1 Follow Explorer Age: 32 +1 y It is misleading. It says I'm obese but I don't look bad. 1 3 Reply kim45456 +1 y Hahahahahahagahahahagahaha Reply Prettyapathetic +1 y Yeah he doesn’t look obese Reply Lunatic1 +1 y Thank you very much. Lol. Reply
Snakeyes7 Follow Guru Age: 26 +1 y For the most part misleading. I don’t think it takes muscle mass into account. 1 0 Reply
Cryptic-Game Follow Guru Age: 33 +1 y 326 opinions shared on Health & Fitness topic. Mostly misleading. It takes very few factors into consideration. 0 0 Reply
Nickel_Slam Follow Xper 4 Age: 29 +1 y Misleading mostly. It doesn't take a lot of factors into account. 0 0 Reply
bklynbadboy1 Follow Guru Age: 37 +1 y 473 opinions shared on Health & Fitness topic. Accurate 0 0 Reply
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It is garbage for body fat %. I'm 6'2 and just about 200 lbs. According to BMI I am overweight. Except my body fat % is between 10% and 11%.
It isn't accurate for me since I'm soo short. I'm sure it not accurate for a lot of other people too
It's not that when you have a good bmi you are healthy. People always assume that a good bmi means that they are healthy. Exercising is really important to be healthy.
Yes it I'd as it's a very broad indicator.
Not including those who have a higher percentage of muscle and bone density
It’s misleading and inaccurate. I learned in my contemporary health class that Water Displacement is the most accurate form of measurement.
Its just measure you can add deviation to it according to your standard.
The thing that matters is how you look and how fit you are.
It is actually misleading i was told by the hospital i worked at that they are working on better indicators.
Accurate for the average person, not so much for people with a high muscle mass.
It's misleading because if your weight is over but because of muscles then you're in a good condition
It is misleading. It says I'm obese but I don't look bad.
Hahahahahahagahahahagahaha
Yeah he doesn’t look obese
Thank you very much. Lol.
For the most part misleading. I don’t think it takes muscle mass into account.
Mostly misleading. It takes very few factors into consideration.
Misleading mostly. It doesn't take a lot of factors into account.
The third lady doesn’t even look fat
It’s a pretty good measure
Accurate