Does BMI really matter?
Does BMI really matter?
Is BMI an accurate assessment of my health? Yes and no. BMI is a useful tool for healthcare professionals to quickly identify health risks—for example, a person with a high BMI has a greater chance of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes—but your BMI alone doesn’t provide a detailed picture of your health.
What is a good BMI?
If your BMI is less than 18.5, it falls within the underweight range. If your BMI is 18.5 to 24.9, it falls within the normal or Healthy Weight range. If your BMI is 25.0 to 29.9, it falls within the overweight range.
What is a overweight for a 12 year old?
Based on BMI, a child is underweight if her BMI is less than the fifth percentile. A child is within the healthy range if her BMI is between the fifth and 85th percentile. Overweight children fall between the 85th and 95th percentile, and obese children have a BMI equal to or greater than the 95th percentile.
Why do we say goodbye to BMI?
BMI doesn’t take body shape or composition into account. BMI calculations also don’t factor in where you carry your weight. Studies show that a higher waist-to-hip ratio is more closely linked to heart attack risk than BMI, whereas having bigger hips does not seem to pose a similar risk.
Why does my BMI say I’m overweight when I’m not?
BMI doesn’t account for body composition, which means it misses the difference between muscle mass and fat. Because muscles are more dense and heavier than fat, bodybuilders and other professional athletes like football players are often considered obese or overweight based on their BMI alone.
What is the prettiest BMI?
(28) found that a BMI of 20 was considered the most attractive, while Swami et al. (29), and MacNeill and Best (30), found that an underweight body was most frequently selected.
