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barefeet69 t1_iugvoy4 wrote

Reply to comment by fliguana in is there such a thing as "Big Boned?" by Dr-Logan

BMI is perfectly fine to use for most individuals who aren't athletes. Because the only instance it isn't a good estimate for obesity, is with high muscle mass. The vast majority of overweight people are not athletes and it's extremely unlikely that they have high muscle mass.

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34Ohm t1_iugywpf wrote

Ya just like most things, it’s in a normal distribution with outliers. At both ends of the distribution the BMI measurement falls apart and doesn’t apply well (extremely skinny, extremely obese/extremely muscular). But for >95% of the population it’s a good estimate.

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