Going by BMI? LOL! My husband is obese by those standards. 6’0 tall, 200 pounds, and I can’t think of anyplace he can lose more weight. Meanwhile, five children.
That is the nature of bogus studies. Torture the data enough and it will tell you whatever you want to hear.
According to the eggheads in academia, 90% of NFL players are “overweight” or “obese”.
If the lame networks ABC, NBC, CBS want a reality show that gets ratings, they should let the eggheads tell an angry 6’4” 250 pound linebacker that his BMI is too high and he is a fat POS.
I would pay $49.95 on pay per view to see what happens.
According to the BMI... anyone over 25 is "obese"... Here is the Laker's line up (SOURCE: http://www.espn.com )
(BMI Source: http://www.consumer.gov/weightloss/bmi.htm)
According to this, 50% of the Los Angeles Lakers are OBESE!!!! If you take into account that most NBA players are really an inch or two shorter than their stats, over 75% of them are considered "OBESE" by the BMI Index.
Should you switch to the "All Cheese Cake Diet"...no, but don't feel bad if you are on the cusp as well....there are some pretty decent athletes in your category.
| Player | Pos. | Age. | Height | Weight | BMI |
| Trevor Ariza | SF | 23 | 6-8 | 210 | 23.1 |
| Kobe Bryant | SG | 29 | 6-6 | 220 | 25.4 |
| Andrew Bynum | C | 20 | 7-0 | 275 | 27.4 |
| Joe Crawford | SG | 22 | 6-5 | 207 | 24.5 |
| Jordan Farmar | PG | 21 | 6-2 | 180 | 23.1 |
| Derek Fisher | PG | 33 | 6-1 | 205 | 27.0 |
| Pau Gasol | PF | 28 | 7-0 | 260 | 25.9 |
| Coby Karl | SG | 25 | 6-5 | 204 | 24.2 |
| DJ Mbenga | C | 27 | 7-0 | 255 | 25.4 |
| Chris Mihm | C | 28 | 7-0 | 265 | 26.4 |
| Ira Newble | SF | 33 | 6-7 | 220 | 24.8 |
| Lamar Odom | PF | 28 | 6-10 | 230 | 24.0 |
| Vladimir R. | PF | 27 | 6-10 | 234 | 24.5 |
| Ronny Turiaf | C | 25 | 6-10 | 249 | 26.0 |
| Sasha Vujacic | SG | 24 | 6-7 | 195 | 22.0 |
| Luke Walton | SF | 28 | 6-8 | 232 | 25.5 |