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<blockquote data-quote="Son of Butch" data-source="post: 1651253" data-attributes="member: 14585"><p>Dave you are correct.</p><p>BMI was designed as a rule of thumb for measuring the general health and fitness for comparing large groups of people. The greater the deviation from the 18.5-24.9 norm the higher the risk of mortality from all causes.</p><p></p><p>It was never intended for measuring individual health because of individual variation in % fat, muscle and bone density. Athletic body types will incorrectly be rated obese on a rule of thumb scale. Also tall or short people ie men over 6' 2" or under 5' 4" totally mess up rule of thumb measures. For individual health actual body fat measurements need to be taken to be of any use.</p><p></p><p>However a trained physician can eyeball an individual's BMI</p><p>the same as a trained cattle judge can BCS [body condition score] cattle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of Butch, post: 1651253, member: 14585"] Dave you are correct. BMI was designed as a rule of thumb for measuring the general health and fitness for comparing large groups of people. The greater the deviation from the 18.5-24.9 norm the higher the risk of mortality from all causes. It was never intended for measuring individual health because of individual variation in % fat, muscle and bone density. Athletic body types will incorrectly be rated obese on a rule of thumb scale. Also tall or short people ie men over 6' 2" or under 5' 4" totally mess up rule of thumb measures. For individual health actual body fat measurements need to be taken to be of any use. However a trained physician can eyeball an individual's BMI the same as a trained cattle judge can BCS [body condition score] cattle. [/QUOTE]
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