Military Body Weight Index

Over43 · Post by **Over43** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 10:16 pm

This was posted on the Dave Draper website earlier today. Much more reasonable, I believe than the insurance indexes/bmi.

http://m.military.com/join-armed-forces ... rules.html

eschano · Post by **eschano** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:33 am

Interesting, thanks!

oolala53 · Post by **oolala53** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 3:48 pm

A chart on which I am not at the top of my range!

clarinetgal · Post by **clarinetgal** » Mon Sep 01, 2014 6:03 pm

Interesting! Going by this, I only need to lose 13 more pounds to get to the top of the acceptable range.

ironchef · Post by **ironchef** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 12:53 am

The military here makes no special conditions until your BMI hits 30, rather than 25. Up to BMI 33 they only require a check of body fat percentage. However, they do require candidates achieve minimum fitness test results (beep test levels, push ups, sit ups, etc).

oolala53 · Post by **oolala53** » Tue Sep 02, 2014 2:22 am

I should have called it the "normal" range. There's plenty of conflicting evidence about whether or not being overweight is a health risk or not. Last night's episode of 60 minutes had a doctor who has been studying longevity. Data so far shows that the elderly who gain a little weight live longer, though the study participants (90 or older) were not obese.