Not a reliable number if it’s based on BMI. No doubt our military has a weight problem but it’d be nice to see a study based on body fat percentage or something along those lines.
Yardstick wrote: “Not a reliable number if it’s based on BMI. No doubt our military has a weight problem but it’d be nice to see a study based on body fat percentage or something along those lines.”
Some like BMI because it’s easy and cheap. All you need is a set of scales and a tape measure for height. About all it’s useful is as a screening test for more detailed body fat tests.
Thanks for posting, BMI readings are notoriously inaccurate. However, I would not be surprised if a quarter of active duty service members are overweight and obese.