Comments on: What is BMI http://www.qdanswers.com/what-is-bmi/ Source For The Simple Question Answers! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:51:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Brittany http://www.qdanswers.com/what-is-bmi/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Brittany Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:05:13 +0000 http://www.qdanswers.com/?p=153#comment-7 While it might not be an accurate representation of body fat, it still shows common sense. I'm a 19 year old. I'm 5'4" and I weigh 115. BMI is 19.7. Even though it's still in the upper end of normal, if I gained 25 pounds. I would be chunky. The end of this post seems to make people feel better about where they are on the BMI chart and offers a lot of excuses. Every woman in my family over the age of 30 has a weight problem and not one of them does anything about it because of excuses like these. "Oh I'm not fat, I just have a large chest" is a terrible excuse. There's a large difference in BMI numbers: * Underweight = <18.5 * Normal weight = 18.5-24.9 * Overweight = 25-29.9 * Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater This difference exists because of differences in body type. While it might not be an accurate representation of body fat, it still shows common sense. I’m a 19 year old. I’m 5′4″ and I weigh 115. BMI is 19.7. Even though it’s still in the upper end of normal, if I gained 25 pounds. I would be chunky. The end of this post seems to make people feel better about where they are on the BMI chart and offers a lot of excuses. Every woman in my family over the age of 30 has a weight problem and not one of them does anything about it because of excuses like these. “Oh I’m not fat, I just have a large chest” is a terrible excuse.

There’s a large difference in BMI numbers:
* Underweight = <18.5
* Normal weight = 18.5-24.9
* Overweight = 25-29.9
* Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater

This difference exists because of differences in body type.

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