[Moonman62]

BMI measurements (based solely on weight/height) are poor indicators of health. BMI doesn't take into consideration fat/muscle, etc.

True, but the BMI is a simple number to get. And according to the article someone who is 5.6 and weighs 220 has a BMI of 30. So a BMI of 35 is way up there.

[Flo Nightengale]

Simple or not, BMI just isn’t very accurate. And what’s the point of using such a measurement?

Since muscle is more dense than fat, many physically fit people are mistakenly classified as “overweight”, while they are actually less likely to die young than a “normal” weight individual whose excess weight is mostly fat.