The Skinny Kid

I’ve never been a fan of the BMI, cause as a former weightlifter I knew about these drawbacks years ago:

ScienceDaily: BMI Not Accurate Indicator Of Body Fat, New Research Suggests

Body mass index, or BMI, long considered the standard for measuring the amount of fat in a person’s body, may not be as accurate as originally thought, according to new research.
A research team from Michigan State University and Saginaw Valley State University measured the BMI of more than 400 college students – some of whom were athletes and some not – and found that in most cases the student’s BMI did not accurately reflect his or her percentage of body fat.

The problem, especially among younger people and athletes, is that BMI does not distinguish between body fat and muscle mass.

And given that you can get a decent body fat scale for about $100, why mess with BMI at all? The only people I know of who think it is worthwhile are vegetarian scaremongers who want to distort the obesity statistics so they can force vegetarianism on everyone else.