Body Mass Index (BMI?
I've gone to many different online BMI calculators but almost each time I get different answers. Why is that? What's the best BMI online calculator? Is there some other tool to use to calculate fat and such?
Public Comments
- I don't believe the BMI is a fair representation of your overall health. Take me for example. According to the BMI I am drastically overweight. However, I only have about 12% body fat. Were I to lose enough weight to barely fall within the BMI for my height most of my shoulders and chest would have to go away. At the same time my doc tells me that my BP, resting heart rate, cholesterol and triglyceride are fine. He says the chance of me having coronary disease is extremely unlikely. Pay attention to your body fat, your muscle tone and your eating habits and ignore the BMI. Its too generic to be worth much.
- look up something called "waist hip ratio" its much better at measuring than the bmi
