October 05 2007
Why BMI is a Crock
posted by Ana Samways at 9:43 am
According to the world standard measurement of aesthetic acceptability, the Body Mass Index (BMI) of all three of these people says they’re overweight.
This great Flickr set of pictures shows details of various people’s BMI labels — Underweight, Normal, Overweight, Obese and Morbidly Obese. Some seem right, but others are way off.
View all images here.
And here’s a weight converter to change those pesky pounds into kilograms.