posted June 16, 2014 10:06 PM            

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posted June 17, 2014 12:51 AM            

Here's 10 reasons why it's bogus

As for me I was in a PE class that subjected us to that. Only I and another girl were "healthy" by BMI standards (which not only made the other girls feel fat but also caused them to torment the two of us, and to this day I wonder was the coach who used BMI on us really that inexcusably ignorant, or was she cruel to all of us on purpose?). But the thing was, both me and the other girl who were "healthy" by BMI standards were under doctor's orders to gain weight!

I don't know much about the other girl other than she was being treated for anorexia. But as for me I was so thin that I had delayed puberty, didn't have enough fat or something to go through the changes. (I probably weighed more than I looked as I was so athletic and did a lot of hard farm chores for several months just before taking that BMI test which meant I had muscle on me which weighs heavier than fat, but BMI won't take that into account.) And if the BMI tells an entire large PE/gym class that the only 2 girls of a healthy weight are the same 2 girls under doctor's orders to GAIN weight then obviously it's flawed (and an adult should know that by looking at us).

Of course the coach herself didn't take the BMI test (at least not in front of us), and given her size she'd definitely would've failed it if she had, which is one reason why I suspect she did what she did out of cruelty than ignorance.

IMO, BMI needs to be done away with completely, and that so many doctors rely on it shakes my confidence in the medical community.

And as for this thread, if BMI says you're obese...well maybe you're just healthy after all. Consider all BMI scores invalid (even when they're right I consider it a coincidence, as in "a broken clock is right twice a day" way).

posted June 18, 2014 01:07 PM            

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Originally posted by Doux Rêve:
What AriesLilith said.

Nice to see you, by the way. =)

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posted June 19, 2014 12:23 PM            

The BMI is a terrible way to test for fat/thin.
The electrical impedance test is much more accurate.
At 200 pounds my lean mass was 152 pounds.
That meant that I could weigh like 180 pounds and be considered lean and fit.
>>>Yet the standard BMI charts said I was supposed to weigh about 119 pounds!
I would have had to lose 33 pounds >>>muscle<<< to be that weight!
Or 61 total pounds.
The standard BMI does not take into account one's lean mass (all the body, bones, organs, muscle etc.) vs the fat mass alone.
I expect there might be folks who disagree with me and my views;
but to glorify and endorse morbid obesity and or anorexia;
is just so very wrong.
I am not saying be mean and nasty to the extremes some folks are;
but do not try to promote that either is wonderful perfect yippie look at us we are gorgeous crap.
Pleasingly plump, robust, and so forth can indeed be quite lovely and even still very healthy!
But severe obesity is an entirely different issue and should be treated as a disease/illness and not ridiculed, but be treated as a medical issue which it is.

Rant over for now.

posted June 19, 2014 12:55 PM            

I agree with you completely.

posted June 19, 2014 01:16 PM            

I agree.

posted June 19, 2014 05:29 PM            

Of course, one thing is to encourage to be healthy and another is to be cruel. And some people might have health issues that do affect their weights and losing or gaining weight might not be easy for them. Yet it's still important for our loved ones to encourage healthy ways. In the long term it is actually more cruel to let them be and later have serious issues.