What is BMI? Does BMI really matter?
By Deepali2406
@Deepali2406 (35)
India
April 10, 2011 12:11am CST
BMI (Body Mass Index) is a calculation which takes your weight in pounds and gives you some random number.... (Go to http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ to calculate your BMI) I m in shape, body looks good and couldn't be healthier- but my BMI says I'm less than Normal Weight..I dont think so... My theory is that BMI doesn't always be right and it doesn't really meam anything.... I has some merit, it gives you a general idea where you should take your body
1 response
@manojkrs291 (482)
• Delhi, India
10 Apr 11
Hello Deepali,
I also think so. the theory of BMI is not always right. It gives us some idea about our health issues. in my case it is totally right so cant say about your case. But its not a topic to be worry about as if you are healthy and feeling good then everything is ok. forgot what BMI says.
@Deepali2406 (35)
• India
10 Apr 11
I really don't care what BMI says regarding my health that i m less Normal weight n blaa blaa.... But the problem is why doctor always says that we should have perfect BMI according to our height and weight????
@manrock001 (2)
• India
10 Apr 11
biomedical index only shows the ratio of ur height to weight with a inbuilt autoguided software nd it is good if it is showing u in the range of 18 to 24 for female nd 20 26 for males but it doesn mean that if u r nt lying in this range than u r physicaly not fit nd a person lying in given range is fit . its just a small criteria nd other than bmi many criteria are der to chech ur health fitness
