Mash gets it spot on IMO

[TimberWolf]

Is Anni Friesinger overweight? She's about 10 stone and 5ft8. Do a google image search to find out who she is. Many female athletes are 5ft10 and 12 stone, because that's about the ideal size for a sprinter or sprint speed skater.

BMI is no use for individuals. It was always, and is intended for statistical use in measuring whole populations. The fact that insurers use it in calculating premiums is more evidence that the financial industry is seriously confused about the nature of risk and probability, which are two very different things.

By the way, my BMI's 31.

I suspect it's just a conveniently sloppy way of measuring body fat, or density. This would be mass/volume, but weight and height are easier to measure than volume, so those are plugged in instead of volume.

Looking at that picture, I suspect she would always have huge hips, even if she lost weight.

[lukemg]

Nothing wrong with a bit of chunk.

Maybe for a holiday score at a push if you are falling back in the ratings but as a keeper ?

[sasguru]

And right there ladies, you can see the difference between us Northern, short fat bastards drooling and smelling of piss with our ferrets
vs
the Southern blokes: tall, prosperous, good-looking and brainy.

FTFY*

* this is generic abuse against Northern winkers and not to be confused with any specific person or sockie on CUK, FFS

[EternalOptimist]

FTFY

hey , he changed my post.

is that legal?

[TimberWolf]

Finally, in my extensive experience, they almost without exception get bigger over time so probably best to start with a trim one if possible !!

A very pragmatic approach.

[DaveB]

Never mind the north/south ladybags girls, leave 'em to it. What you need it a good midlands boy to sort you out

[Mich the Tester]

I suspect it's just a conveniently sloppy way of measuring body fat, or density. This would be mass/volume, but weight and height are easier to measure than volume, so those are plugged in instead of volume.

It’s so sloppy that it’s useless. In fact it’s worse than useless; it can actually be damaging when used for anything other than trend analysis over a very large group of people. If a bricklayer has a bmi of over 25, is he fat or muscular? If an office worker has a bmi of over 30, is he fat or does he do a lot of training? If a heroin addict has a BMI of 22, is he healthy or on the edge of death?

Honestly, BMI really gets my goat; it gives people unrealistic goals, completely buggers up calculations of risk and is used to scare people into buying snake oil.

[cojak]

<quietly put biscuit packet back in the tin...>

[TimberWolf]

It’s so sloppy that it’s useless. In fact it’s worse than useless; it can actually be damaging when used for anything other than trend analysis over a very large group of people. If a bricklayer has a bmi of over 25, is he fat or muscular? If an office worker has a bmi of over 30, is he fat or does he do a lot of training? If a heroin addict has a BMI of 22, is he healthy or on the edge of death?

Honestly, BMI really gets my goat; it gives people unrealistic goals, completely buggers up calculations of risk and is used to scare people into buying snake oil.

Yeah, using volume instead of height would be better. But being too muscular could be bad too. Average is probably best.

[MaryPoppins]

Never mind the north/south ladybags girls, leave 'em to it. What you need it a good midlands boy to sort you out

Agreed, I'm a midlander too.