I arrived at the above conclusion after meeting someone in the pub.

I met this Marine in a pub tonight (sadly, exclusively heterosexual, lol). We got chatting about this, that and the other. Picture this if you will - 6"5, built like a brick shithouse, 225 lbs of pure muscle. We got to chatting about body mass index (as you do). If the male spectrum of proposed BMI is to be believed, "healthy" falls within the parameters of 18 to 25. My BMI is 11, I'm 5"10 and 140 lbs. This guy's BMI is 4. Needless to say, my previously near religious adherence to body mass index as an indicator of well being has gone right through the window...

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there is no such thing as a bmi or four or eleven unless you weigh like 20 pounds. you did it wrong, you dumbass.

your bmi is 19.5

his is 26.7

I didn't do it wrong, I'm going according to the information provided by his PE trainer, and the trainer at my gym, after a lenghty assessment, determined my BMI was 11. I've spoken to two people independently prior to this (with backgrounds in nutrition and personal training) who concur that *18 to 25 is a median "healthy" male BMI, and that 9-10 is "healthy" for professional athletes. Speaking to four different people before tendering something akin to an opinion does not necessarily a "dumbass" make....

What frame of reference are you using ?

*Frame of reference #5, and this is random, true, but maybe the reason we are at cross purposes is that this is IMPERIAL measures:

BBC HEALTH: Fighting Fat, Fighting Fit - BMI Result page

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Calculate your BMI - Standard BMI Calculator

mine is 14.1
i'm feeling big

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