Hi Rick,
I went to see what my BMI was, and to my surprise, I am half a point below being overweight. Now, if you saw me, you would know why I am surprised! I am 6'3'', and weight 195 pounds. I am not fat, and am quite in good shape.
I am curious to know if anyone knows "how" the BMI has been "normalized", if it has been. If I am just below being "overweight", what does this say about most people?
This kind of popular scale can have some far reaching consequences, if it is being used widely. Now, I KNOW I am not overweight, so do not really care about what a number says... but what about youger folks who are still developing their self-image?
This topic is of great interest to me right now... I'm in the middle of teaching a Motivation section in Intro, and we touch on Anorexia. The link seems to stick out.
The BMI is not a measure of body mass -- it's an index that indicates an estimate of relative body fat composition.
It's a very broad indicater -- really just a suggestion for a more accurate check such as:
1. Skin fold measures using calipers.
2. A _direct_ measure of body density accomplished by
immersing said body in water and measuring the
volume of water displaced.
I suspect that either of the latter would show that you're far from obesity.
There's a good point here about the virutes of direct measurement. -- * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Psychology Dept Minnesota State University * * 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 * * http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html *
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