On Tuesday 24 August 2010 16:46:51 John M. Steele wrote: > Actually, the breakpoints for BMI are: > >= 25.0 kg/m²: Overweight > >= 30.0 Obese > >= 35.0 Morbidly Obese > > Note that BMI is good for people of "normal" build but can be misleading > for athletes with unusually high muscle mass. Here's a quick test: if BMI > is too high AND they float, it's fat, not muscle.
It can also be misleading for undertall people like me. I'm 1.5 m, so at 72 kg my BMI is 32. I've been down to 54 kg (24 quetelets) but that, for me, borders on emaciation. ETA: I'm 74.1 kg right now. I rounded to multiples of 9 for easy calculation. And the lightest I've been in the past five years was 53. Pierre -- The Black Garden on the Mountain is not on the Black Mountain.
