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Originally Posted by Alumiyum
An unfit girl, for instance, that still looks thin to normal can have a high BMI. (Mine when I was 19 was very high for my age range and I was a size 4...but ate McDonald's every day because I could get away with it and never exercised, so my muscle to fat ratio was extremely low. Any meat I had on my bones was skin and pure fat.) I think they should require everyone to take it...I was required to take health and one 1 hour activity class and if it weren't for that I'd probably still avoid exercising and wouldn't have adjusted my eating habits.
They should NOT look at the line for athletes. I will never have the BMI of an athlete, but I can aim to be healthy in as many ways as possible (which is about food and exercise, not just one or the other). And no one should HAVE to have the BMI of an extremely fit athlete. Healthy and normal is a good goal to have.
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I think that you are missing the point. Your BMI may be "high" but no obese person will ever fit in a size 4 and no size 4 person has ever scored a BMI of 30! Yes, thin people can have bad eating habits, but if you look at people who have BMIs above 30, they have significantly worse eating habits and eat significantly more food than people who are thin and "say" they have bad eating habits. The obese patient will eat bad foods AND in LARGE quantities. No matter what the public tries to tell you, people don't become obese by eating the same amount of food as thin people.
I do agree, however, that Healthy and Normal is a good goal to have for everyone. The class would be helpful for all, but in the end, maybe not as needed.