So sick of the BMI is crap argument by the fatbags. Use Waist-to-Height Ratio to pound them into the ground! Fats saying BMI is crap? Well, your almost right fattie, but not the way you think.  Since BMI is way to forgiving.  In reality, your going to bite the bullet much harder that you think.  I always keep these few links handy in my phone when a fat comes up with the 'BMI is crap' argument.  . The Waist-to-Height Ratio Calculator: http://www.health-calc.com/body-composition/waist-to-height-ratio The proof that BMI is too forgiving and WHtR shows you how many years of life you are going to loose (look at the graphs): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4157748/ WHtR Examples: (notice the entry for Marilyn Monroe ya lardbuckets): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waist-to-height_ratio Even more Research data on WHtR (strongly related to WHR, or waist to hip ratio) . WHtR works in favor of everyone who can be considered healthy, from thin women/men to runners to amputees to swole bodybuilders to squat freaks, and it even shows that these obese fucks loose more years of life than really anorexic people.  And it even shows that skinny fats aren't immune. BMI on a skinny fat may say yes, but WHtR (because of spaghetti arms and larger waist) says no. Graphs also show that men loose almost double the years of life compared the the women, because their fat settles in the area above the waist (dangerous intraabdominal fat).  . Show a fat how many years of life it's going to loose with WHtR: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4157748/figure/pone-0103483-g005/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4157748/figure/pone-0103483-g006/ . Only a measuring tape needed, no scale, no expensive test, no nothing. Measure an inch above the belly button.  Seriously, i mean it. Print it out, place it on a fat coworkers desk, put it on the wipers of a lardsacks car, post it to facebook, whatever. It's a war against misinformation. Be a solider. Give 'em hell. Bonus: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multimedia/archive/00413/WaistToHeight_413102y.jpg