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Originally Posted by Just Passin' By
The only thing I know about Silock is that he puts far too much stock in the BMI.
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I'm not "putting stock" in it so much as I'm simply trying to say that using extreme examples to support why it sucks isn't a good idea. Most people simply don't fall into that classification.
Again, I never said it's the end-all, be-all of measurements. It's just a tool that for most Americans, works pretty well as an assessment of how overweight one is.
Tell you this - I'll sum up my argument simply:
BMI doesn't work for everyone, especially not professional athletes. Most people fall into the average range for whom the BMI works quite well. It's not perfect. It shouldn't be used as any kind of sole determinant of the quality of health of a person. It's not as inaccurate a measurement as many people like to believe.