| ▲ | rKarpinski 2 hours ago | |
This is a common misconception. BMI while an ok population metric, for individual's the biggest problem with is its poor sensitivity - it fails to classify people as obese who are obese. Using your 6 3" male as an example, they are significantly more likely to be clinically obese (using waist circumference, body fat % etc) at a weight lower than BMI cut-off of 240 lbs. | ||
| ▲ | sn9 44 minutes ago | parent [-] | |
It only fails to classify people with excess body fat who are in the healthy weight range. It's really good at catching people who are obese who are overweight. | ||