What's your opinion on the BMI scale? Do you use it as a guideline or do you find it inaccurate? (Page 2)

[CorneliaisPretty]

the thing is , bmi is pretty general, and it doesn't take into account muscle mass and bone structure, what I would do if I were you would be to lose the 20 pounds, then see where your at.

[alltheabove1212]

No it's not very accurate. It doesn't really account for muscle. I'm 5'9" and weigh 175. Technically I'm obese but I'm very muscular

[ThisIsSierraHun]

No. It's stupid. I'm supposed to weigh 110 pounds at 5'3", and that would be disgusting to look at. The BMI scale needs to be done away with.

[matt1675]

I'd just use it as a guide, I'm pretty sure you'd know yourself if you were over/underweight.. that's how I always think :)

[confused415]

Not accurate at all. I went to a military college and many students didn't follow the guidelines of the scale yet they were NCAA athletes.

[Vitalin]

It does not account for muscles so a masculine guy will be the same as a fatty with no muscles whatsoever

Yes it is very inaccurate especially for boys

[dudeman]

its definitely not healthy for anybody that's not a thin boned person, I'm supposed to weight like 170 for my height but anything less then 190 and I'm looking sickly thin

[Shaun]

I don't see how it can be accurate. When I was the weight they give for the upper end of healthy for my height, I was a toothpick.

[Anonymous]

For people to calculate their number:

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[Ezmotts]

Yeah, it doesn't really take into account of muscle or bone structure, so I always thought it was a bunch of crap.

[Danielle007]

Mmmm, I don't like it. It doesn't take into acount muscle mass or body type.

[bel42]

It's not accurate. It just gives one an estimate.

[Anonymous]

it's a rough estimate, but no way accurate