I find that the whole BMI chart thing, giving a bit, is a bunch of crap!
My oldest son, is a muscle house! 5'11", weighs 180, a state trooper and swat sniper. He repels out of helicopters, for heavens sake. Can run 400 meters in 51 seconds. Bench 250, squat 300 and deadlift 450, but BMI, according to some dumb chart, says he is OBESE!
On my husband and my last insurance eval, I am 5'5", 140, insurance came back and said I was obese!
Really!? I can deadlift 185! On a bad day! I walk 5 miles a day. I can run circles around anyone half my age, (I am 55) and I work for a veterinarian, so I do not have a slouch job, I keep stats for a high school football team, I run, and BMI says I am fat!
My hub, 6' tall, 170. Health insurance came back saying he was as obese, as his 5'10" boss that weighs in at 300 pounds!
I saw all this paper work!
In the beginning, BMI, started out as a good thing. Now it is just a thing that insurance companies use, with a set, set of measurements, that do not take into consideration, lifestyle, body type, lifestyle, etc.
Oddly enough, the gal that originally, insurance exam, took my blood, and asked me about my height and weight, and got after me, was in no position, to question me or my weight or eating or workout habits.
In retrospect, I was very pissed off.
I worked very hard to lose 60 pounds. And I have kept it off.
No one can take that away from me.
I am a much healthier person, a much happier person. I have good health numbers, my last blood draw, a few weeks ago.
I will not be a slave to some dumb chart, that says, I am still fat, according to the health insurance company.
The other thing, BMI does not take into consideration, is, some of are built differently.
My nephews wife, is a rock! She lifts, runs, referees, eats right, totally healthy.
But she is a big girl! She has a booty! She has thighs like an o lineman, and shoulders, most men would die for. But she rocks it! I would not tangle with her! But she looks awesome! Rocks everything she does, and is so pretty!