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Not really. It's inaccurate for some very athletic people, but it is accurate for a vast majority of the population.
by TheCoelacanth 6y ago
Not really. It's inaccurate for some very athletic people, but it is accurate for a vast majority of the population.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoIt's accurate when measuring populations, where the missing variables average out. It isn't meant to be applied to individuals but is good enough for expedient's sake.
- torstenvl 6y agoThat is untrue. There's no research to support the idea that BMI is a particularly useful tool (compared to, say, neck vs waist circumference) or that the thresholds it sets are meaningful (e.g., that an increase from 24.7 to 24.9 is a lesser or greater increase of risk than an increase from 24.8 to 25.0).
- chrisseaton 6y agoHow do we measure how accurate it is or not? It's not like there is some underlying ground truth on what 'overweight' is, is there?