If I have the calculation right, a 5’8” man who weighs 165 lbs has a BMI of 25.1 and is therefore considered “clinically overweight” and unhealthy. Depending on a man’s build and musculature, that is, for many men, nonsensical, just bad, meaningless medicine. I am not advocating lowering standards to match these slack times, but a 5’8” man could very easily have minimal body fat and be perfectly healthy, in fact a fit long distance runner, at 165 lbs. In fact, some male soldiers with those dimensions could benefit from pumping iron and putting one a few more pounds of muscle. Obviously, there are better tests of body fat composition such as tape tests or floating, etc.
Yep. You get it. I’m 5’10” 190lbs. Low body fat. Long time weight lifter. I’m obese by the BMI metric but am in tip top shape. Also a competitive rucker.