After a great day in Ann Arbor yesterday at the pool, I spent some quality time sitting on the front porch drinking wine and chit chatting about everything important. We started onto a conversation about BMI, weight/height ratio of men and women, and how the BMI scale is greatly flawed.
Men are believed to have a lower fat ratio and a higher muscle mass than women at the same height; causing them to weigh slightly more. This is a blanket statement, meaning it is not true in every case. Some men have low muscle mass and low fat content. Some females have greater muscle mass than typical.. making them heavier but not unhealthier.
The BMI scale is not completely comprehensive; it factors only weight and height but ignores age, gender and build. Because of this it REALLY tends to be inaccurate. Worse than that, the chart ignores obese short people and underweight tall people.
In reality, most of this country could afford to lose a bit of weight. But with healthy eating and exercise, I don't think the added pressure of having to fit into the perfect range is super helpful. I know I have some flab that really doesn't act like an asset for me. We can't all be supermodels :)
Men are believed to have a lower fat ratio and a higher muscle mass than women at the same height; causing them to weigh slightly more. This is a blanket statement, meaning it is not true in every case. Some men have low muscle mass and low fat content. Some females have greater muscle mass than typical.. making them heavier but not unhealthier.
The BMI scale is not completely comprehensive; it factors only weight and height but ignores age, gender and build. Because of this it REALLY tends to be inaccurate. Worse than that, the chart ignores obese short people and underweight tall people.
In reality, most of this country could afford to lose a bit of weight. But with healthy eating and exercise, I don't think the added pressure of having to fit into the perfect range is super helpful. I know I have some flab that really doesn't act like an asset for me. We can't all be supermodels :)
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