Skinny people (Normal girls represent!)

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Originally posted by sugar and spice
Calista Flockhart is actually 5'7" and about 95 pounds . . . which does not fall into the healthy range in any way, shape or form. As for BMI, it is fairly accurate for the average human being. However, when it comes to athletes or weight lifters or whatnot -- not so accurate.

Body fat is a better way of testing how "fit" you are, but as mentioned before, the most popular ways of testing it are inaccurate.

For whomever asked, here is an article that highlights the different methods of body fat testing.

http://www.modbee.com/life/healthyli...-2584832c.html

I have no idea how accurate the article is, but it gives you some idea as to what kind of methods are used.



And nope, James is right . . . it's around 10%. Some women can go a little lower, some a little higher, but in general it's around ten. I don't think it's recommended to be under 15%, but it's not going to cause you significant problems until you get down to around 10%.

Thanks for the link. According to that site:

A healthy body fat percentage falls in the range of 18-25 percent for women and 12-18 percent for men.

which leads me to believe that under 17% is unhealthy and can cause problems for a woman. That was what my doctor told me when I was very underweight. I will take the word of my doctor over James on this subject.