Comments on: “Asian American? You may be fatter than you think!”

By: “Normal” « foodfoodbodybody

“Normal” « foodfoodbodybody — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:50:12 +0000

[...] OMG. Just realized I might not be “normal” after all — turns out that there is an ASIAN BMI SCALE that is lower than the “regular” scale. Yeah, even with a name like Foodie McBody, [...]

By: 8Asians.com » JAPAN GOING BANANAS OVER OBAMA/PROP 8: An Asian American/Asian Canadian Blog

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:31:19 +0000

[...] I need to go on a diet, especially since I realized very recently that I am considered “obese” according to these new standards for yellow people. (Thanks, joz, for ruining the upcoming [...]

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:17:16 +0000

I don’t like BMI because it says I’m overweight (28 for me, probably because of weight training). The body fat percentage metric say I am acceptable, although I do have some room for improvement.

By: moye

moye — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:29:03 +0000

Wait, wait wait wait WAIT. So this means my Wii Fit is wrong, too??

By: Efren

Efren — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:56:44 +0000

Heh, the BMI is actually a really bad indicator of obesity since it only takes into account weight and height, and not really proportions between fat and muscle. Because of this, people who do bodybuilders are technically seen as overweight/obese according to the BMI when actually they have very little fat and are otherwise extremely healthy.

Besides, I have a way larger belly than Ernie. Sheesh.