(No Ratings Yet)
Loading ...What’s all this fuss about BMI?
BMI or Body Mass Index is a popular method used to determine whether the weight of a person falls within a healthy range. There has been a lot of fuss about it oflate.
Last week, the government-run China Center of Adoption Affairs mandated that prospective adoptive parents have, among financial, educational, marital and other health requirements, a BMI rating under 40.
In Septmeber 2006, organizers of a fashion show banned five models whose BMI was below 18.5.
I do not completely agree with the way BMI works. To me, it is just a heuristic rule which coupled with a few other measurements can be interpreted to make some sense, but the BMI as such is not an absolute index to determine whether a person is healthy or overweight or obese.
Imagine this, My BMI is the same as that of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (33) and a lil’ more than Sylvester Stallone’s (30.1). So, am I as fit as them or are they as unfit as me? Ahem!
Anyway, As I try to figure that out, you could check your BMI here.. and, if you are wondering how many pounds make a kg, here is the conversion factor:
1 kilogram = 2.20462262 pound
Image and Snippets source: The New York Times