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Military Body Weight Index
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 10:16 pm
by Over43
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
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:33 am
by eschano
Interesting, thanks!
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 3:48 pm
by oolala53
A chart on which I am not at the top of my range!
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 6:03 pm
by clarinetgal
Interesting! Going by this, I only need to lose 13 more pounds to get to the top of the acceptable range.
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 12:53 am
by ironchef
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).
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 2:22 am
by oolala53
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.