How much of a role does race play into BMI?

[Anna]

I think its interesting that the nhs website asks for ethnicity before calculating bmi

 

[grey]

bmi is fuarking stupid

 

[HerculesJr.]

I think its interesting that the nhs website asks for ethnicity before calculating bmi

Good point

 

[moonlight1]

I think its interesting that the nhs website asks for ethnicity before calculating bmi

races tend to have different body compositions, but it doesn’t chance much for ideal weight and stuff

 

[emeraldpill]

Zero, the number you get doesn’t change, just the limits for the categories underweight, overweight etc

 

[Marlonmogsyouhaha]

Apparently black women have more muscle mass and Asian women have less