Thu, Mar-20-03, 10:53
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Senior Member
Posts: 2,315
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Plan: Atkins (Pre-Maintenance)
Stats: 160/135/130
BF:35%/28%/22%
Progress: 83%
Location: New York, NY
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Hi CuteBlonde,
No BMI and Body Fat percentage are different things. BMI or Body Mass Index is a formula that determines whether you are in a good weight range for your height.
Here is a BMI calculator: Calculate your Body Mass Index
But this index doesn't take body composition into consideration. Since muscle weighs more than fat, a person with a high weight but very low body fat may appear obese on the BMI. There are several different ways to determine body fat, none of them terribly accurate. A useful thread on the issue is: Using BF% as goal
Just as an example... my BMI is 23.1 but my BF% is 29-30%. Quite different numbers that mean different things.
Hope that helps.
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