I guess BMI isn't horrible, but what you really want to measure for any meaningful indicator of health is body fat percentage and strength. It's pretty easy to

I guess BMI isn't horrible, but what you really want to measure for any meaningful indicator of health is body fat percentage and strength. It's pretty easy to test both of these things. BMI also has problems with race. Blacks have naturally higher muscle mass and get false overweight signals. Asians have naturally lower muscle mass and get false healthy weight signals.