The BMI interpretation from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is: BMI Weight Status Below 18.5 Underweight 18.5 – 24.9 Normal 25.0 – 29.9 Overweight 30.0 and Above Obese (The SI units used for BMI in this table are kilograms per square metre, kg/m².)
This info is from: > http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/index.html Bill Hooper mass = 71.8 kg height = 1.8 m BMI = 22 kg/m² ===================================== On Jun 29 , at 9:00 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote: > On Thursday 28 June 2012 16:49:20 Carleton MacDonald wrote: >> Me, unfortunately, right now, 98.3 kg, 1.79 m: >> >> 98.3/1.79 = 54.9162 >> >> 54.9162/1.79 = 30.679 >> >> BMI is 30.679. > > What's unfortunate about a BMI? Mine is 36 (81/1.5²) and that seems to be > where my body likes it. > > You should state yours as 30.7 or 31. Your mass can vary by a kilogram one > way > or the other throughout the day, so there's no way you can get five > significant figures in a BMI. > > Pierre > -- > ve ka'a ro klaji la .romas. se jmaji >
