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Here's a link to an article from Harvard, and as usual for anything from Harvard, it's half-right, which is better than being all wrong. BMI is flawed and discriminatory, which is the half that is right. BMI only measures two dimensions, and ignores the third, which if you're looking at excessive volume for your height, is the flaw. Some people are thicker than others. Short, pudgy, people can be overweight and still have a BMI of under 25.0, while tall, muscular people, including many professional athletes, will be healthy as hell with a BMI over 25.0. I'm 6'4", and rarely get under 25.0 but ran marathons and finished regularly in the top 10% with a BMI of over 25. BMI does not discriminate against certain races, though some races and cultures tend to vary in body fat. The average BMI for Japanese women is 22.1 while the average BMI for African-American women is 32.2. This is all attributed to diet, though some peoples tend to be stocky and others tend to be skinny. Top African female marathon runners are built like their peers in other races; they all weigh about 1.8 pounds per inch of height. A five foot top female marathoner of any race would weigh about 108 pounds. Micki Gorman, a famous female marathoner in the 1970s, was a half inch above 5 feet and weighed 86 pounds. Ed https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/01/want-to-get-healthier-lose-weight-bmi-goal-may-not-be-best-way/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Gazette%2020240130%20(1)