Day 12 BMI

 BMI

The BMI chart is used by fitness and health
practitioners to quickly inform them if your body
shape is lean, average, overweight or obese. 

Body Mass Index Chart rating
Colors and numbers, what do they mean?

• Underweight = 12 - 18
• Normal healthy weight = 18 -24
• Overweight = 25-29
• Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater

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How to read a BMI Chart

To read the BMI chart below look for you weight (horizontally) and height (vertically) where the two measurements meet is your Body Mass Index Chart rating. Note that the BMI chart below displays in both lbs and kg for weight as well as inch and cm for height.

BMI Chart Discrepancies

Many top health and fitness experts now view the BMI chart as being obsolete. These charts are meant to tell you how much you should weigh based on your height alone. However this can be very misleading, especially for athletes and bodybuilders who carry more muscle than fat. Pure muscle is heavy and dense therefore weighs more.
The shortfall of the BMI chart is that it can not determine the difference between the overweight and the more muscular.


BMI Chart
BMI chart colors and numbers - what do they mean?

Once you have figured out your BMI chart score discover what the chart indicates your body shape to be.

* Underweight = 12 - 18
* Normal healthy weight = 18 -24
* Overweight = 25-29
* Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater

BMI Chart Discrepancies

Many top health and fitness experts now view the BMI chart as being obsolete. These charts are meant to tell you how much you should weigh based on your height alone. However this can be very misleading, especially for athletes and bodybuilders who carry more muscle than fat. Pure muscle is heavy and dense therefore weighs more.

The shortfall of the BMI chart is that it can not determine the difference between the overweight and the more muscular.

For example, 2 people can be exactly the same height (5’ 11’) and the same weight (200lbs) and share a BMI of 27.89 . However, one is overweight while the other is very muscular (raw muscle is dense and heavy therefore weighs more). Using the BMI Chart, both people even though completely different in body shape will be deemed as being overweight.

It is now more widely accepted to use body fat percentage calculation to measure your true body fat. Read here how to calculate Body Fat Percentage. Its much more accurate. Body Fat Percentage calculations use total body weight and not estimates of lean muscle mass and fat.

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