| Naum said: Yes BMI is flawed... but it still works for 90% of the population the rest 10% are athletes7bodybuilders etc etc and for them the BMI index isnt someting to follow but as I said it works for the rest of us. |
I don't know about that 90% mark, there are lots of people that are construction workers, plumbers, electrictions, anyone who works at a store and has to unload a truck every couple of days (or every day at bigger stores), or pretty much anyone who has an active job, BMI will not work on because they build up muscle working everyday even though they aren't athletes or body builders. My brother is a plumber, he mostly works new construction and he is skinny, yet probably ways upwards of 180 because he has to carry around lots of equipment building lots of muscle that doesn't make him look like a body builder but it is still there. BMI is good for people that don't build up lots of muscle through working out and active jobs. But that doesn't mean it is right for everyone and there will be a number of active people that will play with Wiifit and will be told they are obese because they have muscle but the BMI in the game will read it as fat.
