If it is by BMI it can produce a lot of “false positives”.
BMI makes incorrect assumptions because it only looks at height and weight.
Obviously it will find out of shape people if they are heavy.
It misses out of shape people and sickly people whose height/weight numbers appear okay to the BMI scale.
It also incorrectly calls very muscular and athletic folks overweight/obese.
It is a very, very awful system. Not comprehensive and totally built on the false premise that a person who weighs less for their height always is healthier (has a lower bmi score) than a person with a higher bmi score.
Yep-my son (18 year old athlete) has had a goal to hit “obese” on the BMI chart for a few years. He made it into the overweight range, that may be his max as his quads already overhang his knees by at least 2 inches. Pure muscle.
So true. The BMI is a simple metric for tracking general trends in body composition of populations over time. It is a statistical tool. It was never intended to say anything about individuals.
The charts say at 5-11 I should weigh 179 lbs., but I appear skeletal under 200 lbs.