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Body mass index (BMI)

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tty, Jun 23, 2002.

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  1. tty

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    Shawndme7 has a thread discussing "lbs per inch" and some people think it is fundamentally flawed. I found another interesting index, Body Mass Index(BMI) from

    National Institute of Health :

    "Body mass index (BMI) is measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women. "

    This website has a calculator. Using data providing by Shawndme7, BMI of some NBA Players are as following:

    Shark--------34.1
    divac--------25.3
    Bradely-----23
    Butler-------26.3
    Dunleavy---25.3
    Ming---------26.3

    So according Standard of national institue of health, Bradely is normal, Ming is overweighted, and Shark is obese!
     
    #1 tty, Jun 23, 2002
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    So, just out of curiousity, why didn't you post this in that other thread instead of starting a new one?
     
    #2 Behad, Jun 23, 2002
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    I do biomedical research in obesity, so I can tell you this much... BMI is only used (or I should say reliable) for non-athletes and non-body builders. The simple reason is that it doesn't take into account that most of the added weight for these people is muscle; while for the rest of us, it's probably fat or a mix of both. For athletes you would probably need to look at both body fat percentage in context of BMI. To sum it up: BMI is useful in predicting cardiovascular disease, diabetes, etc as an obesity index for the average person but less so for the serious athletes.
     
    #3 mishii, Jun 23, 2002
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    Compare Hakeem's BMI back in 84 to Ming's BMI now.

    I think they look simular... I'm sure when Ming is around 30 he will be like Hakeem.
     
    #4 HectikG81, Jun 23, 2002
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    Mostly fat for me.
     
    #5 MysticRyder, Jun 23, 2002
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