Global fat scale

Unless you want to force everyone into a Body composition chamber, you will never get accurate statistics for how much fat people have.

Then you have to determine between brown and white fats.
 
Obesity Index
21bmi
BMI is an estimate of how "overweight" or "obese" a person is National
Below average
You have a lower BMI than 86% of males aged 15-29 in your country Global
Below average
You have a lower BMI than 60% of males aged 15-29 in the world

Did you know?
If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 29,224,612 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population
You're most like someone from Chad*
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Where the hell is Chad and why doesn't the BBC recognise England as a country?
 
BMI isn't really an accurate way to determine how overweight/underweight someone is.

For example: A rugby player could have a huge amount of muscle and be quite short. He is still healthy and would probably be classed as obese.

Im currently 6ft 1 and weight 77kg, however I want to go up to 85kg for American Football in varsity next term, that would put me as just about overweight according to BMI which is a load of rubbish as it is not in fat.

Body Fat index should be used as BMI is too grey of an area where as Body fat as far more accurate.
 
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Evoss said:
BMI isn't really an accurate way to determine how overweight/underweight someone is.

For example: A rugby player could have a huge amount of muscle and be quite short. He is still healthy and would probably be classed as obese.

Im currently 6ft 1 and weight 77kg, however I want to go up to 85kg for American Football in varsity next term, that would put me as just about overweight according to BMI which is a load of rubbish as it is not in fat.

Body Fat index should be used as BMI is too grey of an area where as Body fat as far more accurate.
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I wondered when someone would post this! :/

Yes, we know BMI is not accurate if you are an extreme athlete e.g. bodybuilder/rugby player. But how many people hit the gym that much? And if they do, then they will likely know their own body fat % anyway. For the vast majority of people it will be a good measure.

Seems like lots of people in denial here! :p
 
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