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Aceso
October 27th, 2010, 04:37 PM
So, the other day I was looking at my BMI on the calculator online, and it said below 18.5 was underweight, but I was reading a book the other day, and I think it said that below 19.5 was underweight. I was also on the wii fit, and it also said that 19.5 was underweight. I also came up as 18.0 on the online one and 19.5 on the wii fit. Im very confused, which one is right? I have no clue what BMI I am....:confused:
Fiction
October 27th, 2010, 04:52 PM
The online calculator will probably be more accurate as a Wii fit is not that accurate at measuring your weight. As for a healthy weight, it is different for children and should be measured by centile not BMI.
http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/healthyweightcalculator.aspx
that is the best BMI calculator because it takes into account everything.
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ShatteredWings
October 27th, 2010, 05:16 PM
<18.5 is considered underweight, however varying slightly around that can be just as unhealthy.
xgeekyrocksx
November 1st, 2010, 08:55 AM
im 18.0 and i dont really count myself as underweight caus... i dont know i just dont think that 0.5 below the mark counts... but maybe it does... gosh i hope not!!!
Fiction
November 1st, 2010, 02:27 PM
it's slightly different for teenagers. Should work it out on percentile from the calculator i linked above :)
Rex99
November 6th, 2010, 01:05 AM
huh well i'm 18.5 and that's real skinny for a guy. Most of my guy friends are like above 20 or 22.
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