and it says I'm over my ideal body weight. I never thought I was fat, so are these things always right?
2007-12-04 06:43:55 · 4 answers · asked by ... 4 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Well I guess the tests aren't very accurate so let me ask you guys, I'm 5'5 and 112lbs
2007-12-04 06:55:41 · update #1
They arent realiable at all.
But maybe you entered your information wrong
go to this website
http://nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
you should definetly be inside your range.
2007-12-04 06:57:56 · answer #1 · answered by itsamy<3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it's simply a ratio of height to weight, muscle and fat weigh very different ammounts. I'm almost 15lbs out of my bmi, but I can wear a size 30 jean. It's because my chest and thighs are very muscluar. I'm not fat I'm muscluar and the bmi chart does not account for that.
2007-12-04 14:47:28 · answer #2 · answered by Nate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they arent. they only ask for your height, gender, weight and age and this is not enough data most of the time as muscle weighs a lot more than fat so it will say you are overweight if your worried just do some cardio everyday around an hour and you should soon lose weight
2007-12-04 14:47:53 · answer #3 · answered by sefton92 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you did it wrong because 5ft5 and 112lb is not overweight according to BMI, it's actually borderline underweight unless you are a young teen.
2007-12-04 17:50:43 · answer #4 · answered by : ) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋