@westfallla Complete bullshit. Look up Adrian White's Satisfaction with life index. France, Germany, UK, Spain, Italy Australia and Japan ALL did worse than the USA. II would also recommend looking up the economic freedom index and seeing how Denmark has one of the most business friendly economies in the world.
I've been in the 160's Ibs for 3 years and I lost alot of "fat" went down Jean sizes (went from 16 to a 9) and from an XL (which didn't fit) to a medium or small
According to my doctor and the BMI, I was more healthy when I was eating 300 calories a day, running 5 miles, and then throwing it up, to now when I eat a healthy amount in proportion to the amount I exercise.
Oh & Laci, don't pay attention to some of the comments or the BMI. You are not fat. You are very sexy & you are beautiful (It has more to do with how I perceive you emotionally than how I physically see you). Now I do have a friend where fat has affected his health (heart troubles), but that is an extreme case. You look healthy & health is the important thing, not weight. But no matter what you look like, you are always going to seem beautiful to me! Who you are is beautiful (smart, funny, ...)
I completely agree. The BMI scale puts me at over 30 because I'm short and muscular. Now I am overweight, but the BMI said I would be overweight back when I used to run everyday (back when I was participating in HS varsity track, soccer, and wrestling). I know a doctor told me that he probably thought I would be at a healthy weight in the 170s (a few years ago) so I gained a lot more strength an went down to 175 and the BMI still put me close to 28! I'm back up to 200 now, but I'm not obese
Thank you for doing a video on this. I found it very informational and I was very surprised by the fact the BMI scale wasn't originally intended to diagnose whether someone was obese or not.
You should keep making videos like these Laci! I really enjoy them :]
why are people getting angry over Laci putting up a BMI educational video? Maybe there's someone out there who doesn't know it's complete BS and hers is the first video addressing the subject they've seen....
So you have issue with the BMI equation, maybe you leanred that you can actually test your BMI using a machine that you stand on that sends an electrical charge through your body measuring your actual BMI. Sometimes there just isn't a problem, you are just trying to make one.
This is why its still cool and (ok) to make fun of fat people. everywhere i go i see people bitching about how UGLY someone is JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE FAT. sheeple have been brain-washed by the pharmaceutical companies to be afraid of being fat. when in REALITY we should be HAPPY we are fat and happy and not skinny and STARVING!
Thank you irrelevant sort-of fat white chick for putting your remarkable sleuthing skills to good use. I mean, there's not really much else going on in the world so I like the resolve you show in addressing the hard hitting issues of our day with such pinpoint accuracy.
@Osamabindansker uh fuck off? She has big boobs, she can't help that, and its not a bad thing she does- but she's uber smart and intelligent. And you muslims still don't look at her intellect, just her body. Nice.
@rgbmarrone sorry, i didnt mean all muslims, i was just particularly pissed off when i wrote that comment. But seriously, muslim guys tend to either look at a girls body, and just treat her like she's 'less' than him. (from my experience)
weight is juste a number. What you look like is the important , so what if you areyoung and weight like 70 kg if you don't look fat, you don't have it print on you're face
Obviously the bmi scale doesnt apply to everyone, but it does to most people, unless you are a bodybuilder stop complaining fatsos. And muscle requires ages of hard work so dont come with the "its muscle" bs!
Fuck weight. It's all about health and the way you want you body to look. I hate scales. Really, what does it prove? Nothing. Numbers of LBS lost. Whoopty doo! (sarcasticly) How does your body look? Is it what you want tit to look? Then why bother weighing yourself insdead of just focusing on the way you look. But, eat healthy and don't stare yourself. That is the biggest misconception. Less eating=less LBS. In a way yes, but that Yes is a Negative. Eat right and Excercise= (+) body results
i'm a man who, at 5'10", 240 lbs, 8% bodyfat i was considered morbidly obese by the bmi. that was a long time ago, in the navy. yet a pudgy, yet small, guy at 160 was a ok!
Yeah, BMI is actually a pretty silly scale. Though as of right now i kinda like it. I've been working out for the past 14 months to add muscle mass.
And i just recently noticed that i crossed in to the overweight category almost purely from the muscle i've acquired. Have to admit i'm pretty proud of that, even tho its a flawed scale.
I'll never forget when one of the string bean wrestlers in my class was called morbidly obese when he didn't have an ounce of fat on him. It was ridiculous.
Are yoiu sure yor research is correct. Insurance companies take statisstics on how long people live based on various stats. They charge more when the perceive risk is higher; it costs them money to be wrong. I'm not sure whether the BMI is rigorous or not but it is a useful tooll in fighting anorexia; "I look fat", sorry hon your BMI is too low. I know too many underweight asian chicks at risk of anorexia. I was shocked when the big boned chicks started complaining.
@OhMyGawsh11 Someone doesn't comprehend plain English nor, does there own research before making comments. That would be you, OhMyGawsh11.
At 220lbs and 6' , I'm borderline obese by BMI. Yet I wear 34" pants and have a flat belly. I've seen more then one "normal" BMI with a beer belly that couldn't do 3 pull-ups because they lacked muscles. BMI is the worst measure of health modern medicine. I've had more then one doctor start the BMI weight talk, start out of habit, then say never mind.
@dsrtdawg1 Well the BMI was never intented to be a measure of athleticism or physicality. It's specifically a measure of the health of sedentary individuals. So I understand your perturbation, but there are alternatives to the BMI which take into account muscle mass and are thus more accurate for a wider variety of individuals.
@gejost Well, I meant something else. What I mean is that the BMI itself is just based on body fat.
It's just that lots of people estimate BMI, i.e. body fat, according to the official formula, which takes a person's weight and height and age as inputs.
Unfortunately, that formula was made with sendentary individuals in mind. Because muscle weighs more than fat, if you're even slightly athletic, the formula will misinterpret your muscle as fat, and increase your BMI when it shouldn't be.
@gejost The BMI should be an accurate representation of health for all if you measure fat mass directly. Here in the states, some shops sell these special scales which estimate a person's body fat precisely.
And then you can use that measurement to get your BMI.
@dsrtdawg1 I never said the BMI scale was accurate, because it isn't. I have more friends than I can count that are very muscular, but the BMI scale calls them obese. I've also seen people who lack muscle but are classified as "normal." Fat weighs more than muscle. I never said it didn't. I said it was a little ridiculous to assume that because they use the BMI because they want to instill fat-fear, make money from weight-loss pills, and mess up obesity counts. Hence, a conspiracy theorist.
@gejost I know what you mean, and I just want to make a small correction here; by "underweight" you may mean "anorexic," or "bulimic." I just want to make this correction because I am underweight (based on my own observations irrevelant to the BMI), and I struggle to gain the few pounds I need to be classified in a normal weight. I know what you mean, and I do agree, but I just wanted to clarify.
@OhMyGawsh11 Neither but at risk of becoming anorexic. The only bulimic person I ever met was overweight. I guess she'd be more overweight if she didn't do that but its still very unhealthy. Have you consulted a doctor about your weight to understand the causes and whether you are in fact under?
@gejost Oh, okay; I think I get what you meant now. Sorry for misunderstanding it. I have not previously asked a doctor about my being underweight (last time I had an appointment, it was borderline and now it is only slightly under), but I plan to next time I have an appointment.
@OhMyGawsh11 Late night typo, shoot me. So, you believe the sudden rise of obesity, and overweight populations since the adoption of BMI as a mass screening tool is just a coincidence? Them taking a method, self reported to be inaccurate, just convenient, then running with it and blasting the media to cause alarm was just natural?
Telling people to relax and ignore BMI is a bad message? You don't believe major pharma manipulates the system to sell more drugs?
@dsrtdawg1 Again, the BMI is not an accurate tool, so no, I do not believe that it's simply a coincidence. I just don't adopt the theory that they are using the BMI to MAKE the obesity rates rise. I think telling people to use their own observations before believing what the BMI says is a good thing. But all of my own doctors tell me that the BMI is inaccurate at my physicals, so I don't think that they are really just doing it to screw a bunch of things up.
I think the BMI scale is unfair to some people. I have a friend who is a football player (Most football players are quite muscular. He's no exception.) and according to the BMI scale, he is overweight.
....I love how you tied all the pieces together on this one. Now, if for a moment, you consider what would happen if we got rid of terrible jobs like the ones involved w/ this thematic scheme (which you'll find in numerous sectors beyond the ones discussed here) and replaced them with "Jobs" society should ACTUALLY have, and how that would skew the "Wealth" in a more equalized way (not this 98% vs. the [mostly] Greedy Ass-Clowns), imagine how much better off we'd all be!!
@chats0 well that depeneds..telling someone their fat because a scale is goin my basicly one thing... bone musle and fat need to be accounted for.. i and139 pounds and im 5'8 i was classifed at over weight.. thats is not fair to jugde someone on how much they weigh
ummm guys..laci totes have a point...u r not always over weight.. dont forget how tall you are and other ratios also.. i cant tell if a person is halth buy looking at someone
Uh, YEA. Usa! If you're sucked into every gimmick profiteers come up with some of that responsibility falls on YOU, the consumer. What ever happened to "buyer beware"? Although I will say that the government linking up with corporations is always a recipe for disaster, and - OH, what have we here?? Big Pharma?? Shocker! Free market, please and thank you. Stop all this regulatory, top-down standardization ish.
@Soulja4Alethia Insurance companies have an interest in people living longer. THe BMI was designed for sedentary individuals; it sounds like its reasomable for estimating being underweight.
The BMI was specifically designed to classify sedentary individuals. I believe I've seen a calculation somewhere which takes into account precise muscle mass and fat mass, which should work whether your athletic or don't exercise at all.
But yeah, some people (doctors even) use the BMI scale like it's the bible or something. If the number is high you *must* be terribly unhealthy, regardeless of whether you haven't jogged a day in your life or run weekly triathlons.
in my high school gym class, everyone is required to submit their BMI. there are several gymnasts in my class, who are beautiful, strong, relatively short girls. since they have so much lean muscle, (muscle weighs more than fat..), and they are lacking height, they are always classified as overweight. telling ANY high school girl that she's overweight is not anyone's place unless you are her doctor. telling SKINNY AND HEALTHY high school girls that they are fat is even more convoluted.
My mom bought a bunch of these pills recently "weight loss" they state... they are a health supplement.
This is why I don't trust drugs like that, because if they were really what they said, they would be regulated and doctors would have to prescribe them. Which is why I won't take anything that claims to be eve pseudo medical unless the NHS is prescribing it.
Health insurance agencies tend to be good with statistics. If they charge more for a certain BMI scale, chances are, that the BMI scale is a fair (although not perfect) indication of health. Just like counting calories is a fairly good way to watch your weight(gain), but it would be better to watch more things like protein intake, use of medication, excercise etc. BMI probably is the most economical choice to get an estimation of health (within legal limits).
BMI Scale is bullshit. And a lot of these guys are right women are so insecure my girlfriend is always saying shes fat WHEN SHE'S NOT! I keep telling her she isn't fat. But she won't listen. Women are too insecure....
Poor sweet Laci. Companies doing things for profit tends to support that BMI is in fact a useful tool for analysis. But let's table that. I think the reason you made the video is this: you were feeling fat, feeling like the media and corporations are setting standards you can't live up to. You challenge the fairness of BMI because it symbolizes the judgement you feel pop-culture is forcing on you. Don't be insecure. You're very pretty.
Laci, could you possibly tell us ways that we can find out where we should be aiming our weight and good ways to check our health? If the bmi sucks that much, I'd like to know alternatives.
@Dalkarius alternatives to BMI: actually using diagnostic tools that are accurate- like cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar, checking for vitamin deficiencies, etc. the fact is that thin people can be unhealthy and fat people can be healthy- using BMI to determin health is scientifically unsound at best.
@Dalkarius hikylaya is correct, but remember that total cholesterol is no longer diagnostic for overall cardiovascular health. The ratio of hdl/ldl and CRP level is.
Marilyn Monroe was just over 166 cm and between 52 and 55 kg. That's a BMI of just under twenty AT MOST. She would not be classed as overweight by BMI.
@breakingcyc probably when she was younger, at the end tho she had gained quiet a lot of weight due to depression, so by today she would have been considered as being overweight, altho her body was perfectly fine and sexy ...
Yeah. BMI is pretty useless, *but* there are issues with being overweight. One of them seems to be that we are "coded" to stay that way. A recent summation I read put it like this: You reduce your food input low enough to lose, and exercise, so your body responds by converting fast twitch (sprinter type) muscle into slow twitch (slower, and 5-10% more efficient). The net result is that to keep it off require 10% less food, and more exercise, than if you never had it in the first place. Whoops!
I've had a BMI that was considered "underweight" for my entire life. I've always been perfectly healthy, but I'm just naturally pretty little. So it can go the other way too. My parents have been trying to basically fatten me up my whole life because of how afraid they were when doctors told me I didn't weigh enough. They went ballistic when I moved out and decided to be vegetarian. I learned pretty early on that the BMI scale was ridiculous. Thanks for sharing all this information though!
But yeah, it's sad how some people take shortcuts to calculate BMI, and then tell people the measurement is like absolutely true, if the BMI is this high you're obese, whatever.
Well sometimes BMI is calculated just by taking height, weight, and age, which involves a lot of assumptions as to the persons activity level.
A true BMI is caluculated by taking the precise mass of a person's muscle and fat compared to total mass. This isn't as hard as it sounds, there are some "scales" (like scales you step on) that can calculate your exact values.
An actual BMI has to do with the ratio of fat to muscle to overall mass.
my mom is like 5'4 and she looked up the BMI scale online and she panicked because it said she was "overweight" and she wouldn't stop tripping over it even though I told her she's not overweight because she's only like 165lbs I think. She even told me that I can't say anything because I'm 5'9 and 140lbs so that means I'm "healthy".
I'm a 5"6 girl and according to the BMI scale I'm borderline obese. Everyone in my family is built like football players, the women with big hips, butts, and boobs but small waists. I swim competitively for my high school. A football player joined the swim team and said half an hour in the pool is harder than any 3 hours on the field.
There are a whole lot of metrics including your waist/hip ratio, your body fat %, your blood pressure difference between both arms. Whether your pubes curl clockwise or not....(i kid, of course.)
People have just latched on to the whole BMI metric because it's the most hyped one. It's a good step, but if people really want to get healthy, they need to learn more about what makes a body truly healthy.
I'm insecure, always have been... so to say that the BMI scale is responsible for my insecurities is a little OTT, but I don't believe it helped at all! A good few years ago I joined the gym with some friends and our BMIs were taken. I was told I was significantly overweight and needed to lose 5% bodyfat to be average. I was a UK size 10 D:
Even worse, I just went on Google to look up a size 10 model as an example... size 10 is apparently considered plus-size modelling. What the actual f-
I, for one, do not really give a thought to how i rate on the BMI scale, yeah, but great! now that u have mention this BMI thing, i am starting to get worried now, haha...anyway, i think overall, this BMI scale is a good rule in the medical profession but we probably need a review after so many years, yeah...just saying...
Laci Laci Laci... The BMI is a perfectly sound metric if you understand what it means. It is certainly true that many people take it to mean more than it does. However, to suggest that BMI doesn't matter is like saying your weight doesn't matter. Ideal weight is different for everyone and the same is true for BMI. But - BMI is better than weight because it includes more information - height.
@Mozza314 BMI is divided by height squared not because the inventor likes the number 2 but because the square of your height is roughly proportional to the cross sectional area of your body. This means dividing weight by height squared you get a number which is roughly proportional to an average "thickness" of your body. This is MUCH more relevant than your weight, it's only flaw is that it's not the whole story, and you NEVER have the full story. BMI isn't evil. Class dismissed.
The Canadian Forces used the BMI for years. It was one of the biggest crocks of shit ever. I knew fine soldiers that were ripped body builders that were released (discharged) for being obese. As well, it fails to take into account changes in diet over the long term. Westerners are very well fed (and some too well fed) and this has seemingly led to taller, healthier people, yet BMI hardly takes this into account.
The BMI scale isn't just unreliable, it's consistently wrong. Since muscle is more dense than fat, the most muscular people will always end up weighing a lot more than less muscled people who are exactly the same size. That is why athletes keep getting classified as obese, no matter how thin they are. They're so healthy, they get classified as unhealthy.
Well it's no secret BMI is bull. I've been playing sports and working out consistently since i were 6-ish years old. I'm 182cm tall and weigh 81kg. Atm i'd guess im somewhere around 8% body fat because i got six-pack abs but not eight-pack, however according to BMI im overweight.
urgh i should have guessed that it was a belgian that invented the stupid bmi thing, i live in brussels and every time the doctor measures and weighs me he says i am perfect height and weight for my age. 5.4ft 130lbs is 22 bmi at 17 (girl) but everybody is different and carries weight in different places, like women with larger breasts adds to their weight, to me that doesn't count. then there're people who are realllly tall and other people who are big boned, it makes no sense whatsoever...
In my High School health class, they measured our BMI and weight once a week. I was fairly confident with myself and my body before going into that class, but with all of that obsession, by the end of it I had never felt worse about myself.
Caring and nurturing are two different things. If these pompous assholes would be ok with working minimum wage like the rest of us, there skills be no need for nurture.
I am glad I watched this. I am 40 years old, and I run two to three times a week, 5 km at a time, I go to the gym, and play sports pretty regularly. Imagine my shock when I went to the doctor and was told that according to the BMI I was borderline obese. What? I am 6'1" and about 220 lbs, with quite large, muscular, calves and thighs with little fat on them. Of course I have fat around my waist.. I am 40. He looked quite apologetic as he said it. What a load of it.
So BMI is doesn't represent the health status of your body, but it doesn't make it okay to make your self from looking normal and fit to looking like Americans....
you talked about how you walked and ran and lost a lot of weight so isnt it a bit hypocritical for you to say it is stupid to fuss over weight when you did?
If you can see your abs and have a healthy light in your eyes you know you're healthy. People weigh different yeh, but you know when you're healthy c'mon.
When you huff and puff after walking up the stairs means you're unhealthy. Just common sense.
Well, you got the point. I see that BMI could give a person negative mind of themselves. I should more aware than about this Body Mass Index. Thank you for letting me know.
BMI scale doesn't bother me anymore, but when I was in high school gym class, and had all my teenage anxieties, self-esteem issues and whatnot, this scale really freaked me out, and made me feel self-concious, it's bad enough that doctors use it, but that it's in the schools, effecting more suggestible young minds, is kind of scary...
I'm 5'3" and I used to be a power lifter. According to the BMI scale I should be 124lbs, yet at 155lbs I was 6% bodyfat. I'd have to lose an arm or leg to get down to my BMI ideal. Those days are long gone and I do need to lose a lot of weight, but if I was trying to hit my BMI ideal I'd die trying. Terrifying to know that I would have to be dangerously anorexic to meet insurance company standards.
@landimal I'm 5'3 and I have never had a tiny frame. When I was all boney (looking sick in my pics at age 14 when I was obsessed with my weight) I was 140lbs. I can imagine ever making it to 124lbs.
Wait... I just realized something... weight doesn't have everything to do with health. You could have 2 people, both, let's say... 5' 5''. One if RIPPED and weights like 200lb. Another, is very heavy and also weighs 200lb. They would get the same BMI... DECEPTION!!!!!!!
This is kind of an unfortunate statement about the general state of health knowledge too. People have a tendency not to ask their doctors questions and often when they do the doctor can get weird. I have plenty of friends who would freak out at a BMI test even though it isn't close to a comprehensive health assessment. Then again, it's also kind of funny that someone can see themselves in a mirror and then have their esteem change based on a number, even if they look no different after.
The NHS in the UK also use bmi to assess risk factors for certain maladies. Not sure if using it as a rough guide is exactly wrong; in the same way isn't assessing risk basically the very meat of the insurance industry? Same as using my age and gender to derive a car insurance quotation.
this story doesn't make me feel better. I know that I am obesse, I don't need any bullshit scale to tell me that. Now I go to the gym 2 times a week and work my ass off and walk about an extra mile every three days(it's not easy to do with work and college). My fat self is depressing....
I'm a nutrition major and I agree with everything you said here. I would also add that the BMI scale is supposed to assess RISK for certain health issues. For example, a person with a BMI below 18.5 has a greater RISK of developing lung problems. Not that they WILL, but they might. The BMI scale is definitely not a black-and-white tool like many think, but used in its original intended way I think it does have some merit.
@westfallla Complete bullshit. Look up Adrian White's Satisfaction with life index. France, Germany, UK, Spain, Italy Australia and Japan ALL did worse than the USA. II would also recommend looking up the economic freedom index and seeing how Denmark has one of the most business friendly economies in the world.
interstate317 2 days ago
Why is everything just a big corporate conspiracy with you?
interstate317 2 days ago
@interstate317 Sadly, that's just the way a lot of things are in the world. The richest are in control.
andrex19100 15 hours ago
I've been in the 160's Ibs for 3 years and I lost alot of "fat" went down Jean sizes (went from 16 to a 9) and from an XL (which didn't fit) to a medium or small
TheAlliJohnson 5 days ago
BMI is most shit with MEN !
it doesn't work with men !
muscle weight more then fat for example !
MrFalangist 1 week ago in playlist Uploaded videos
According to my doctor and the BMI, I was more healthy when I was eating 300 calories a day, running 5 miles, and then throwing it up, to now when I eat a healthy amount in proportion to the amount I exercise.
xxBoyMeetsGirlxx 1 week ago
Oh & Laci, don't pay attention to some of the comments or the BMI. You are not fat. You are very sexy & you are beautiful (It has more to do with how I perceive you emotionally than how I physically see you). Now I do have a friend where fat has affected his health (heart troubles), but that is an extreme case. You look healthy & health is the important thing, not weight. But no matter what you look like, you are always going to seem beautiful to me! Who you are is beautiful (smart, funny, ...)
MattTheMattmatician 1 week ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I completely agree. The BMI scale puts me at over 30 because I'm short and muscular. Now I am overweight, but the BMI said I would be overweight back when I used to run everyday (back when I was participating in HS varsity track, soccer, and wrestling). I know a doctor told me that he probably thought I would be at a healthy weight in the 170s (a few years ago) so I gained a lot more strength an went down to 175 and the BMI still put me close to 28! I'm back up to 200 now, but I'm not obese
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ARTISTofPORTRAIT 1 week ago
I've been watching your videos for about 5 hours now, I think I'm addicted to this shit.
DanIsWorthNothing 1 week ago
Thank you for doing a video on this. I found it very informational and I was very surprised by the fact the BMI scale wasn't originally intended to diagnose whether someone was obese or not.
You should keep making videos like these Laci! I really enjoy them :]
whoaitsjul 1 week ago
why are people getting angry over Laci putting up a BMI educational video? Maybe there's someone out there who doesn't know it's complete BS and hers is the first video addressing the subject they've seen....
CantStayAwake 1 week ago
Laci, I love you for educating people :)
MagicWitaPen37 2 weeks ago 2
So you have issue with the BMI equation, maybe you leanred that you can actually test your BMI using a machine that you stand on that sends an electrical charge through your body measuring your actual BMI. Sometimes there just isn't a problem, you are just trying to make one.
KillerShadow117 2 weeks ago
This is why its still cool and (ok) to make fun of fat people. everywhere i go i see people bitching about how UGLY someone is JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE FAT. sheeple have been brain-washed by the pharmaceutical companies to be afraid of being fat. when in REALITY we should be HAPPY we are fat and happy and not skinny and STARVING!
Toyman1982 2 weeks ago
@Toyman1982 You should be afraid of being fat, mostly because it is a health risk.
SeizureBobcat 2 weeks ago
Thank you irrelevant sort-of fat white chick for putting your remarkable sleuthing skills to good use. I mean, there's not really much else going on in the world so I like the resolve you show in addressing the hard hitting issues of our day with such pinpoint accuracy.
I for one was riveted by your expose.
DreifachZwei 2 weeks ago
Everyone already know that BMI is bullshit.
Nayrbarr1234 2 weeks ago
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another ugly slag showing her cleveage for the attention ..die you fucking whore
Osamabindansker 2 weeks ago
@Osamabindansker alllah is pleased lol
yurianne07 2 weeks ago
@Osamabindansker uh fuck off? She has big boobs, she can't help that, and its not a bad thing she does- but she's uber smart and intelligent. And you muslims still don't look at her intellect, just her body. Nice.
milkyway531 2 weeks ago 20
@milkyway531
"You muslims" nice way to generalize people there....
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well with an ideology u can say that !
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@rgbmarrone sorry, i didnt mean all muslims, i was just particularly pissed off when i wrote that comment. But seriously, muslim guys tend to either look at a girls body, and just treat her like she's 'less' than him. (from my experience)
milkyway531 1 week ago
money money money it makes the world go round
hangover844 2 weeks ago
I've always thought this!
thomasbrunskill 2 weeks ago
weight is juste a number. What you look like is the important , so what if you areyoung and weight like 70 kg if you don't look fat, you don't have it print on you're face
JomboHabbo 2 weeks ago
if your not happy about sumthin change it if you can. on another note there are a lot of people in America that are overwieght but its thier choice.
keyfloater96 3 weeks ago
the add next to this video was so funny! its advertising gastric bypass surgery....
dorkywithapassion 3 weeks ago
Obviously the bmi scale doesnt apply to everyone, but it does to most people, unless you are a bodybuilder stop complaining fatsos. And muscle requires ages of hard work so dont come with the "its muscle" bs!
l0cent 3 weeks ago
DownRightDead3110 3 weeks ago
BMI; Bullshit In a Mode
DownRightDead3110 3 weeks ago
i'm a man who, at 5'10", 240 lbs, 8% bodyfat i was considered morbidly obese by the bmi. that was a long time ago, in the navy. yet a pudgy, yet small, guy at 160 was a ok!
secutorclaudius 3 weeks ago
Yeah, BMI is actually a pretty silly scale. Though as of right now i kinda like it. I've been working out for the past 14 months to add muscle mass.
And i just recently noticed that i crossed in to the overweight category almost purely from the muscle i've acquired. Have to admit i'm pretty proud of that, even tho its a flawed scale.
Cerecyte1221 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I'll never forget when one of the string bean wrestlers in my class was called morbidly obese when he didn't have an ounce of fat on him. It was ridiculous.
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Wow u reek of college level education....
tone1245 3 weeks ago
That dude was obese and she was overweight :/ science win
mrterabyte 3 weeks ago
Haha im 5'11" i weight like 175 i have a six pack, i play three sports and work out year round and i'm at risk to being overweight...
cjdunn13 3 weeks ago
Are yoiu sure yor research is correct. Insurance companies take statisstics on how long people live based on various stats. They charge more when the perceive risk is higher; it costs them money to be wrong. I'm not sure whether the BMI is rigorous or not but it is a useful tooll in fighting anorexia; "I look fat", sorry hon your BMI is too low. I know too many underweight asian chicks at risk of anorexia. I was shocked when the big boned chicks started complaining.
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I dont care what u say.....just stuck the nuva ring back in your mouth so that your big ass face dont get pregnant.
paperbagshinobi 4 weeks ago
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@paperbagshinobi "I dont care what u say.....just stuck the nuva ring back in your mouth so that your big ass face dont get pregnant."
Your total lack of grammar belies your intelligence. It's lacking.
dsrtdawg1 4 weeks ago
Someone's not a conspiracy theorist...
OhMyGawsh11 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@OhMyGawsh11 Someone doesn't comprehend plain English nor, does there own research before making comments. That would be you, OhMyGawsh11.
At 220lbs and 6' , I'm borderline obese by BMI. Yet I wear 34" pants and have a flat belly. I've seen more then one "normal" BMI with a beer belly that couldn't do 3 pull-ups because they lacked muscles. BMI is the worst measure of health modern medicine. I've had more then one doctor start the BMI weight talk, start out of habit, then say never mind.
dsrtdawg1 4 weeks ago
@dsrtdawg1 Well the BMI was never intented to be a measure of athleticism or physicality. It's specifically a measure of the health of sedentary individuals. So I understand your perturbation, but there are alternatives to the BMI which take into account muscle mass and are thus more accurate for a wider variety of individuals.
pjnlsn 4 weeks ago
@pjnlsn what alternatives?
gejost 4 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@gejost Well, I meant something else. What I mean is that the BMI itself is just based on body fat.
It's just that lots of people estimate BMI, i.e. body fat, according to the official formula, which takes a person's weight and height and age as inputs.
Unfortunately, that formula was made with sendentary individuals in mind. Because muscle weighs more than fat, if you're even slightly athletic, the formula will misinterpret your muscle as fat, and increase your BMI when it shouldn't be.
pjnlsn 3 weeks ago
@gejost The BMI should be an accurate representation of health for all if you measure fat mass directly. Here in the states, some shops sell these special scales which estimate a person's body fat precisely.
And then you can use that measurement to get your BMI.
pjnlsn 3 weeks ago
@dsrtdawg1 I never said the BMI scale was accurate, because it isn't. I have more friends than I can count that are very muscular, but the BMI scale calls them obese. I've also seen people who lack muscle but are classified as "normal." Fat weighs more than muscle. I never said it didn't. I said it was a little ridiculous to assume that because they use the BMI because they want to instill fat-fear, make money from weight-loss pills, and mess up obesity counts. Hence, a conspiracy theorist.
OhMyGawsh11 4 weeks ago
@OhMyGawsh11 Its better than nothing. Try convincing a girl who is underweight she isnt fat. A scientifically objective measure is needed.
gejost 4 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@gejost I know what you mean, and I just want to make a small correction here; by "underweight" you may mean "anorexic," or "bulimic." I just want to make this correction because I am underweight (based on my own observations irrevelant to the BMI), and I struggle to gain the few pounds I need to be classified in a normal weight. I know what you mean, and I do agree, but I just wanted to clarify.
OhMyGawsh11 4 weeks ago
@OhMyGawsh11 Neither but at risk of becoming anorexic. The only bulimic person I ever met was overweight. I guess she'd be more overweight if she didn't do that but its still very unhealthy. Have you consulted a doctor about your weight to understand the causes and whether you are in fact under?
gejost 3 weeks ago
@gejost Oh, okay; I think I get what you meant now. Sorry for misunderstanding it. I have not previously asked a doctor about my being underweight (last time I had an appointment, it was borderline and now it is only slightly under), but I plan to next time I have an appointment.
OhMyGawsh11 3 weeks ago
@dsrtdawg1 Oh, and that was the wrong form of "their." Just a remark from someone who doesn't "comprehend plain English." :-)
OhMyGawsh11 4 weeks ago
@OhMyGawsh11 Late night typo, shoot me. So, you believe the sudden rise of obesity, and overweight populations since the adoption of BMI as a mass screening tool is just a coincidence? Them taking a method, self reported to be inaccurate, just convenient, then running with it and blasting the media to cause alarm was just natural?
Telling people to relax and ignore BMI is a bad message? You don't believe major pharma manipulates the system to sell more drugs?
dsrtdawg1 4 weeks ago
@dsrtdawg1 Again, the BMI is not an accurate tool, so no, I do not believe that it's simply a coincidence. I just don't adopt the theory that they are using the BMI to MAKE the obesity rates rise. I think telling people to use their own observations before believing what the BMI says is a good thing. But all of my own doctors tell me that the BMI is inaccurate at my physicals, so I don't think that they are really just doing it to screw a bunch of things up.
OhMyGawsh11 4 weeks ago
I think the BMI scale is unfair to some people. I have a friend who is a football player (Most football players are quite muscular. He's no exception.) and according to the BMI scale, he is overweight.
PrincessVoldemort 1 month ago
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UpsideDownLoveX 1 month ago in playlist More videos from lacigreen
....I love how you tied all the pieces together on this one. Now, if for a moment, you consider what would happen if we got rid of terrible jobs like the ones involved w/ this thematic scheme (which you'll find in numerous sectors beyond the ones discussed here) and replaced them with "Jobs" society should ACTUALLY have, and how that would skew the "Wealth" in a more equalized way (not this 98% vs. the [mostly] Greedy Ass-Clowns), imagine how much better off we'd all be!!
Shileikis7 1 month ago
@chats0 well that depeneds..telling someone their fat because a scale is goin my basicly one thing... bone musle and fat need to be accounted for.. i and139 pounds and im 5'8 i was classifed at over weight.. thats is not fair to jugde someone on how much they weigh
MrsSixx4ever 1 month ago
ummm guys..laci totes have a point...u r not always over weight.. dont forget how tall you are and other ratios also.. i cant tell if a person is halth buy looking at someone
MrsSixx4ever 1 month ago
im i the only one who watched this because she was hot...
rustyrobot20 1 month ago
Uh, YEA. Usa! If you're sucked into every gimmick profiteers come up with some of that responsibility falls on YOU, the consumer. What ever happened to "buyer beware"? Although I will say that the government linking up with corporations is always a recipe for disaster, and - OH, what have we here?? Big Pharma?? Shocker! Free market, please and thank you. Stop all this regulatory, top-down standardization ish.
Soulja4Alethia 1 month ago
@Soulja4Alethia Insurance companies have an interest in people living longer. THe BMI was designed for sedentary individuals; it sounds like its reasomable for estimating being underweight.
gejost 3 weeks ago
Exactly why capitalism sucks. People only care about economic growth and making a profit.
gogozo22 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
The BMI was specifically designed to classify sedentary individuals. I believe I've seen a calculation somewhere which takes into account precise muscle mass and fat mass, which should work whether your athletic or don't exercise at all.
But yeah, some people (doctors even) use the BMI scale like it's the bible or something. If the number is high you *must* be terribly unhealthy, regardeless of whether you haven't jogged a day in your life or run weekly triathlons.
pjnlsn 1 month ago
in my high school gym class, everyone is required to submit their BMI. there are several gymnasts in my class, who are beautiful, strong, relatively short girls. since they have so much lean muscle, (muscle weighs more than fat..), and they are lacking height, they are always classified as overweight. telling ANY high school girl that she's overweight is not anyone's place unless you are her doctor. telling SKINNY AND HEALTHY high school girls that they are fat is even more convoluted.
Singingirllie88 1 month ago
BMI is a good tool, it’s not a GREAT tool!
chats0 1 month ago
My mom bought a bunch of these pills recently "weight loss" they state... they are a health supplement.
This is why I don't trust drugs like that, because if they were really what they said, they would be regulated and doctors would have to prescribe them. Which is why I won't take anything that claims to be eve pseudo medical unless the NHS is prescribing it.
Dreadnaught1985 1 month ago
Eat healthy natural food and stay active and you will be healthy. Very simple.
chyeah115 1 month ago
@chyeah115 for some people its not that simple.
destinaj234 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Health insurance agencies tend to be good with statistics. If they charge more for a certain BMI scale, chances are, that the BMI scale is a fair (although not perfect) indication of health. Just like counting calories is a fairly good way to watch your weight(gain), but it would be better to watch more things like protein intake, use of medication, excercise etc. BMI probably is the most economical choice to get an estimation of health (within legal limits).
RoyvanKeulen 1 month ago
More regulations do not lead to a happier society. IMO that sounds like an argeument in favour of dictatorship
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Robert5p3 1 month ago
BMI Scale is bullshit. And a lot of these guys are right women are so insecure my girlfriend is always saying shes fat WHEN SHE'S NOT! I keep telling her she isn't fat. But she won't listen. Women are too insecure....
MrCracker21 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Poor sweet Laci. Companies doing things for profit tends to support that BMI is in fact a useful tool for analysis. But let's table that. I think the reason you made the video is this: you were feeling fat, feeling like the media and corporations are setting standards you can't live up to. You challenge the fairness of BMI because it symbolizes the judgement you feel pop-culture is forcing on you. Don't be insecure. You're very pretty.
Snakepliskinist 1 month ago
Shes mad shes fat
TopTenCrew 1 month ago
Laci, could you possibly tell us ways that we can find out where we should be aiming our weight and good ways to check our health? If the bmi sucks that much, I'd like to know alternatives.
Dalkarius 1 month ago in playlist SEX+ Episodes
@Dalkarius alternatives to BMI: actually using diagnostic tools that are accurate- like cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar, checking for vitamin deficiencies, etc. the fact is that thin people can be unhealthy and fat people can be healthy- using BMI to determin health is scientifically unsound at best.
hlkolaya 1 month ago
@Dalkarius hikylaya is correct, but remember that total cholesterol is no longer diagnostic for overall cardiovascular health. The ratio of hdl/ldl and CRP level is.
2snipe1 1 month ago
LACI, are you going to be at the reason rally????
MsJokyo 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
see i learned all this watching penn and teller bullshit
pachel1690 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
The bmi test that is actually based off of a doctor checking your fat is more accurate and healthy.
SoraTheTrueKey1991 1 month ago
@SoraTheTrueKey1991 . . . .except that BMI only uses a height/weight/age ratio which is never accurate.
Water displacement is one of the more accurate ways to measure fat%
JohnnyV83 1 month ago
Attention Laurasparkling- this is how it's done.
luvmuppets 1 month ago
what is happening in 2014 for insurance companies?
crazyasscool7 1 month ago
@crazyasscool7 Policies with the government and other organizations come up for renewal I believe
ActuallyLiam 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
It's funny cause Marilyn Monroe who is said to be one of the sexiest women ever, would have been classified at overweight by today's BMI scales.
miekka968 1 month ago 19
@miekka968
Marilyn Monroe was just over 166 cm and between 52 and 55 kg. That's a BMI of just under twenty AT MOST. She would not be classed as overweight by BMI.
breakingcyc 1 month ago 61
@breakingcyc She was actually a size 14 at one time... So everyone is wrong! He weight fluctuated
VampireKingDanny 1 month ago in playlist More videos from lacigreen
@VampireKingDanny
"She was actually a size 14 at one time"
Source?
breakingcyc 1 month ago
@breakingcyc probably when she was younger, at the end tho she had gained quiet a lot of weight due to depression, so by today she would have been considered as being overweight, altho her body was perfectly fine and sexy ...
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@LovelyLittleSami
"so by today she would have been considered as being overweight"
Source?
breakingcyc 1 month ago
Yeah. BMI is pretty useless, *but* there are issues with being overweight. One of them seems to be that we are "coded" to stay that way. A recent summation I read put it like this: You reduce your food input low enough to lose, and exercise, so your body responds by converting fast twitch (sprinter type) muscle into slow twitch (slower, and 5-10% more efficient). The net result is that to keep it off require 10% less food, and more exercise, than if you never had it in the first place. Whoops!
KagehiK 1 month ago
Why do you sound like you are always on the verge of crying?
austineswann1 1 month ago
@lacigreen can i please have you as a contact i need to ask you something important.You can delete me after if you want lol. Please.:)
JoVaLu88 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I've had a BMI that was considered "underweight" for my entire life. I've always been perfectly healthy, but I'm just naturally pretty little. So it can go the other way too. My parents have been trying to basically fatten me up my whole life because of how afraid they were when doctors told me I didn't weigh enough. They went ballistic when I moved out and decided to be vegetarian. I learned pretty early on that the BMI scale was ridiculous. Thanks for sharing all this information though!
SillyBug852 1 month ago
But yeah, it's sad how some people take shortcuts to calculate BMI, and then tell people the measurement is like absolutely true, if the BMI is this high you're obese, whatever.
pjnlsn 1 month ago
Well sometimes BMI is calculated just by taking height, weight, and age, which involves a lot of assumptions as to the persons activity level.
A true BMI is caluculated by taking the precise mass of a person's muscle and fat compared to total mass. This isn't as hard as it sounds, there are some "scales" (like scales you step on) that can calculate your exact values.
An actual BMI has to do with the ratio of fat to muscle to overall mass.
pjnlsn 1 month ago
my mom is like 5'4 and she looked up the BMI scale online and she panicked because it said she was "overweight" and she wouldn't stop tripping over it even though I told her she's not overweight because she's only like 165lbs I think. She even told me that I can't say anything because I'm 5'9 and 140lbs so that means I'm "healthy".
erockbaby3000 1 month ago in playlist More videos from lacigreen
I'm a 5"6 girl and according to the BMI scale I'm borderline obese. Everyone in my family is built like football players, the women with big hips, butts, and boobs but small waists. I swim competitively for my high school. A football player joined the swim team and said half an hour in the pool is harder than any 3 hours on the field.
burgerhead666 1 month ago
My university is actually trying to fit a BMI scale for African-Americans because the scale is not accustomed to our body types.
MelloDees 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
obesity isn't just about BMI.
There are a whole lot of metrics including your waist/hip ratio, your body fat %, your blood pressure difference between both arms. Whether your pubes curl clockwise or not....(i kid, of course.)
People have just latched on to the whole BMI metric because it's the most hyped one. It's a good step, but if people really want to get healthy, they need to learn more about what makes a body truly healthy.
vinnievinvin99 1 month ago
I'm insecure, always have been... so to say that the BMI scale is responsible for my insecurities is a little OTT, but I don't believe it helped at all! A good few years ago I joined the gym with some friends and our BMIs were taken. I was told I was significantly overweight and needed to lose 5% bodyfat to be average. I was a UK size 10 D:
Even worse, I just went on Google to look up a size 10 model as an example... size 10 is apparently considered plus-size modelling. What the actual f-
vezchez 1 month ago
You're cool.
svartasky 1 month ago
I, for one, do not really give a thought to how i rate on the BMI scale, yeah, but great! now that u have mention this BMI thing, i am starting to get worried now, haha...anyway, i think overall, this BMI scale is a good rule in the medical profession but we probably need a review after so many years, yeah...just saying...
1028Merlion 1 month ago
Laci Laci Laci... The BMI is a perfectly sound metric if you understand what it means. It is certainly true that many people take it to mean more than it does. However, to suggest that BMI doesn't matter is like saying your weight doesn't matter. Ideal weight is different for everyone and the same is true for BMI. But - BMI is better than weight because it includes more information - height.
Mozza314 1 month ago
@Mozza314 BMI is divided by height squared not because the inventor likes the number 2 but because the square of your height is roughly proportional to the cross sectional area of your body. This means dividing weight by height squared you get a number which is roughly proportional to an average "thickness" of your body. This is MUCH more relevant than your weight, it's only flaw is that it's not the whole story, and you NEVER have the full story. BMI isn't evil. Class dismissed.
Mozza314 1 month ago
The Canadian Forces used the BMI for years. It was one of the biggest crocks of shit ever. I knew fine soldiers that were ripped body builders that were released (discharged) for being obese. As well, it fails to take into account changes in diet over the long term. Westerners are very well fed (and some too well fed) and this has seemingly led to taller, healthier people, yet BMI hardly takes this into account.
rohanwotan2 1 month ago
The BMI scale isn't just unreliable, it's consistently wrong. Since muscle is more dense than fat, the most muscular people will always end up weighing a lot more than less muscled people who are exactly the same size. That is why athletes keep getting classified as obese, no matter how thin they are. They're so healthy, they get classified as unhealthy.
AraleniaGirl 1 month ago
Well it's no secret BMI is bull. I've been playing sports and working out consistently since i were 6-ish years old. I'm 182cm tall and weigh 81kg. Atm i'd guess im somewhere around 8% body fat because i got six-pack abs but not eight-pack, however according to BMI im overweight.
Vippe101 1 month ago
You are WAY overthinking this.
You don't need a conspiracy of drug companies and insurance companies and societal "fat hatred" to explain why the BMI is used.
The real reason is much more simple and straightforward.
Laziness and/or cheapness.
It is EASY and CHEAP to use the BMI.
All you need to know is weight and height which is EASY and CHEAP to determine.
Determining something like bodyfat percentage takes time and money. So insurance companies, etc. use the easy and cheap method.
gillianorley 1 month ago
i just wanna say you sexy !
thugabove 1 month ago
Hahaha, I looooved your USA chant at the end.
cr4zybe4utifu1 1 month ago
@RUconfuzed
Misogynistic at best.
maidensnowflake 1 month ago
Can't believe I found another Laci that spells it L-A-C-I. Just sayin'... it's a rarity, guys.
LucyxInxThexSky 1 month ago
you have pretty eyes
satansmask 1 month ago
urgh i should have guessed that it was a belgian that invented the stupid bmi thing, i live in brussels and every time the doctor measures and weighs me he says i am perfect height and weight for my age. 5.4ft 130lbs is 22 bmi at 17 (girl) but everybody is different and carries weight in different places, like women with larger breasts adds to their weight, to me that doesn't count. then there're people who are realllly tall and other people who are big boned, it makes no sense whatsoever...
rea5sass 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
In my High School health class, they measured our BMI and weight once a week. I was fairly confident with myself and my body before going into that class, but with all of that obsession, by the end of it I had never felt worse about myself.
nikkilovespink325 1 month ago
@nikkilovespink325 That is insane. I can't believe they would do that to teenaged students...
whatevbrahh 1 month ago
Boobies.
iRewel 1 month ago
@RUconfuzed dido bro haha
AMart2300 1 month ago
@greycloud24 I seriously hope you're trolling, otherwise you're a fucking moron.
MisaxInsomnia 1 month ago
@RUconfused,
Caring and nurturing are two different things. If these pompous assholes would be ok with working minimum wage like the rest of us, there skills be no need for nurture.
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MyVasily 1 month ago
I am glad I watched this. I am 40 years old, and I run two to three times a week, 5 km at a time, I go to the gym, and play sports pretty regularly. Imagine my shock when I went to the doctor and was told that according to the BMI I was borderline obese. What? I am 6'1" and about 220 lbs, with quite large, muscular, calves and thighs with little fat on them. Of course I have fat around my waist.. I am 40. He looked quite apologetic as he said it. What a load of it.
ptolemyauletesXII 1 month ago
@RUconfuzed
real shit. maybe one of the reasons why most girls are magnets to assholes.
samjs721 1 month ago
Hit mute, and let the boobs do the talking. YEAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
orioncheung 1 month ago
So BMI is doesn't represent the health status of your body, but it doesn't make it okay to make your self from looking normal and fit to looking like Americans....
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booker1138 1 month ago
you are friging hot,but as you stated yourself,your belgian accent sucks! ;-)
peredebeeste 1 month ago
your cute, yep your a cutey ;)
fuski23 1 month ago
you talked about how you walked and ran and lost a lot of weight so isnt it a bit hypocritical for you to say it is stupid to fuss over weight when you did?
Coppdaddy 1 month ago
Common sense tells you when you're too fat.
If you can see your abs and have a healthy light in your eyes you know you're healthy. People weigh different yeh, but you know when you're healthy c'mon.
When you huff and puff after walking up the stairs means you're unhealthy. Just common sense.
Bak3dB3an 1 month ago
Why are you so defensive. You come off as defensive and it's a putoff.
What you're doing is awesome but you come off as very defensive.
Bak3dB3an 1 month ago
> fat chick discovers bmi
> she is fat according to bmi
> she is fat without it
> she responds by pretending she is not fat and that the scale that says normal weight should be within a certain 30 pounds is bullshit
> she is still fat
< she is laci green
jeebiskebowski 1 month ago
@jeebiskebowski completely agree with this statement lol
HedgehogEmoness 1 month ago
Well, you got the point. I see that BMI could give a person negative mind of themselves. I should more aware than about this Body Mass Index. Thank you for letting me know.
kemalifan 1 month ago
BMI scale doesn't bother me anymore, but when I was in high school gym class, and had all my teenage anxieties, self-esteem issues and whatnot, this scale really freaked me out, and made me feel self-concious, it's bad enough that doctors use it, but that it's in the schools, effecting more suggestible young minds, is kind of scary...
ElzamTrombe 1 month ago
tits or gtfo
DotaMaster321 1 month ago
I'm 5'3" and I used to be a power lifter. According to the BMI scale I should be 124lbs, yet at 155lbs I was 6% bodyfat. I'd have to lose an arm or leg to get down to my BMI ideal. Those days are long gone and I do need to lose a lot of weight, but if I was trying to hit my BMI ideal I'd die trying. Terrifying to know that I would have to be dangerously anorexic to meet insurance company standards.
landimal 1 month ago 19
@landimal I'm 5'3 and I have never had a tiny frame. When I was all boney (looking sick in my pics at age 14 when I was obsessed with my weight) I was 140lbs. I can imagine ever making it to 124lbs.
Yomalex3 1 month ago
very funny keep it up and good idea to open peoples mind
SuperConsept 1 month ago
That's why u use body fat percentage..
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aestevalis0 1 month ago
Thanks for listing sources. :)
GaramRee 1 month ago
bmi dont get small frame people. wrong results gives. why the fuck am i typing like yoda..
ookami3380 1 month ago
yea im like 5'7" and around 115-120lbs and thats a bmi of 17.0 which is underweight but um i dont think i am at all idk
TheSuppypuppy 1 month ago
Wait... I just realized something... weight doesn't have everything to do with health. You could have 2 people, both, let's say... 5' 5''. One if RIPPED and weights like 200lb. Another, is very heavy and also weighs 200lb. They would get the same BMI... DECEPTION!!!!!!!
tsphilly98 1 month ago
no idea what you just said.. boobs
boliver103 1 month ago
nice tits lacie
gamer4lifecod 1 month ago
This is kind of an unfortunate statement about the general state of health knowledge too. People have a tendency not to ask their doctors questions and often when they do the doctor can get weird. I have plenty of friends who would freak out at a BMI test even though it isn't close to a comprehensive health assessment. Then again, it's also kind of funny that someone can see themselves in a mirror and then have their esteem change based on a number, even if they look no different after.
madhatter631 1 month ago
for the record, there's no such thing as a 'Belgian' accent ... because there's no such thing as a Belgian language.
BMI 23.45, btw ;) cause, you know, those 0.45 are REALLY important!
Beggar42 1 month ago
The NHS in the UK also use bmi to assess risk factors for certain maladies. Not sure if using it as a rough guide is exactly wrong; in the same way isn't assessing risk basically the very meat of the insurance industry? Same as using my age and gender to derive a car insurance quotation.
paulbottomley42 1 month ago
this story doesn't make me feel better. I know that I am obesse, I don't need any bullshit scale to tell me that. Now I go to the gym 2 times a week and work my ass off and walk about an extra mile every three days(it's not easy to do with work and college). My fat self is depressing....
ryudragon7 1 month ago
i kindda wanna... f#$k you.
kripazznigga211 1 month ago
@brindabellaoffroad capitalism is okay but is not corruption of capitalism... there a difference... wow... WOW!! :)
ohmyitsdanielle 1 month ago 2
I'm a nutrition major and I agree with everything you said here. I would also add that the BMI scale is supposed to assess RISK for certain health issues. For example, a person with a BMI below 18.5 has a greater RISK of developing lung problems. Not that they WILL, but they might. The BMI scale is definitely not a black-and-white tool like many think, but used in its original intended way I think it does have some merit.
Rue4You2 1 month ago
Being overweight is going to one day be looked at like smoking is today.
RLWSNOOK410 1 month ago
@RLWSNOOK410 isn't it already?
shaaaaana 1 month ago
Lol, your facial expressions make it look like the sound of your own voice is irritating you.
leafleaf88 1 month ago
MBMID- MY BODY MASS IN DAT :)
DamarSweetness 1 month ago
Darn she's still on Youtube? When will the tyranny end?
luc59457 1 month ago