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Default Apr 15, 2019 at 03:12 PM
 
Three Sources: 10 Reasons BMI Measurements are Complete Horse ****
The BMI calculator is complete bull. It means nothing. There are so many reasons its wrong but the above link is pretty clever.

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Originally Posted by stahrgeyzer View Post
This website says a healthy BMI (body mass index) is between 18.5 to 25 for male and female. If you google bmi calculator then google shows a BMI calculator for you. For a male 5 foot 10 inches you need to enter a weight of 129 lbs (87 kg) to get it to 18.5.

Isn't 129 lbs for a 5'10" male consider anorexic? That really surprises me that such a weight would be consider in the region of ideal healthy weight.

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Google BMI calculator
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