To: SheLion
I recently read an article online which stated that the BMI scale was out of wack for people over 5'10" and was totally rediculous if you were 6'2" and over.
For people 5'10" and over, the best barometer is the old Height-Weight proportionate scale.
3 posted on
10/23/2003 10:16:59 AM PDT by
HEY4QDEMS
To: HEY4QDEMS
For people 5'10" and over, the best barometer is the old Height-Weight proportionate scale. Not sure just what that is, but if it's the old "insurance company" based tables, it's even worse. The very best is to have your % body fat measure directly, that is by measuring your density. This involves weighing you under water (full immersion) as well as normally. Fat is less dense than mussle or bone. In my case that would probably show me as less fat that I really am, because my extra dense bone structure would offset some of the fat.
19 posted on
10/23/2003 10:44:52 AM PDT by
El Gato
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