Comments on: What does people think about the current mental health guidelines for sufferers of anorexia? http://healthtipshere.com/conditions-diseases/what-does-people-think-about-the-current-mental-health-guidelines-for-sufferers-of-anorexia Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:50:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jeremy http://healthtipshere.com/conditions-diseases/what-does-people-think-about-the-current-mental-health-guidelines-for-sufferers-of-anorexia/comment-page-1#comment-2154 Jeremy Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:48:02 +0000 http://healthtipshere.com/conditions-diseases/what-does-people-think-about-the-current-mental-health-guidelines-for-sufferers-of-anorexia#comment-2154 I agree, but the BMI is actually a greatly flawed system, and can only be used for people who are of a sedentary lifestyle. Mr. Olympia who is around 295 pounds at 5'10" is considered OBESE via his BMI, but he has about 100 more pounds of muscle than most people in the world, and his fat percentage is around 5-6%. Most people have fat percentages around 20-35%, and many of them have such low muscle masses that they aren't considered obese or anything under the BMI, showing the two ranges of error of the BMI chart. Hope this helps. I agree, but the BMI is actually a greatly flawed system, and can only be used for people who are of a sedentary lifestyle.

Mr. Olympia who is around 295 pounds at 5’10" is considered OBESE via his BMI, but he has about 100 more pounds of muscle than most people in the world, and his fat percentage is around 5-6%.

Most people have fat percentages around 20-35%, and many of them have such low muscle masses that they aren’t considered obese or anything under the BMI, showing the two ranges of error of the BMI chart.

Hope this helps.

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