The body mass index, in and of itself is a gauge, but like all gauges, the margin of error can be narrow or wide based on the data being evaluated and how complete it is.
It is, therefore, for men and women, also important about the body morphism and the waist to hip ratio to be able to know muscle displacement and percentage.
I'll give an example. At my current weight today, my height is 5'8 and I weigh 179.
This puts my BMI at 27.28 ....ok. I can accept this.
However, in a further evaluation, in 1996, I was 144 pounds or a good range of 21.94 BMI. When I was at that weight, my waist size was 32. Now, it's 34-35 depending on type of clothing....by the measuring tape, it's about 34.5. Gaining 35 pounds usually would lead to a much larger waist than 2.5 inches.
So what then? Let us look at the hip ratio. My waist/hip ratio is roughly 34.5/39.8 or a .867 ratio which is out of the high risk section for men...0.9 or higher is high risk.
So then, we take body fat percentage. Mine, as evaluated by a physician was in the high end of normal but still normal.
Then let's look at muscle density. The bulk of my muscle is concentrated in my legs, which can press a few hundred pounds.
One could not possibly and realistically calculate an obesity percentage that fits a prescribed norm, because once you factor in all of the other variables and then introduce genetics, itself as a factor to body predisposition, you can't possibly have a suitable gauge for anything at that level.
Keep in mind, that at the standard of this BMI model, former NFL Wide Receiver Mark Duper would have even been considered overweight. Really?
Yeah..not buying your information on this study.
No.
And by the way, no.