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Black Women, Obesity, And The BMI Chart!

Our Body's Dense Muscle Mass Is Not Taken Into Account!!

Most black women natural physique does not fall within what is considered normal. I have always felt that doctors do not take this into consideration when treating us.

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The National Institutes of Health's BMI charts, which doctors use to evaluate an individual body, do not address people whose dense muscles mass is mistakenly assessed as excess fat.

This dense muscle mass looks unhealthy on paper. So what are we to do.

Body mass index (BMI) is an indicator of obesity or underweight, calculated by dividing your weight by the square of your height. BMI charts states that a reading of 30 or higher signifies obesity.

How To Calculate Your Body Mass Index

Pounds And Inches

Formula: weight (lb) / [height (in)]2 x 703

Calculate body mass index (BMI) by dividing weight in pounds (lbs) by height in inches (in) squared and multiplying by a conversion factor of 703.

Example: Weight = 150 lbs, Height = 5'5" (65")

Calculation: [150 / (65)2] x 703 = 24.96

Kilograms And Meters

Formula: weight (kg) / [height (m)]2

With the metric system, the formula for BMI is weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared. Since height is commonly measured in centimeters, divide height in centimeters by 100 to obtain height in meters.

Example: Weight = 68 kg, Height = 165 cm (1.65 m)

Calculation: 68 ˜ (1.65)2 = 24.98

What Makes Black Women Different?

BMI was developed to calculate obesity of the Caucasian populations, because at that time there were no good data on racial and ethnic minorities. But now there are research on African Americans and other minorities, and it turns out that BMI measurements is not a one fit all.

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Studies have proven that Black women have about 2% less body fat than white women of the same height and weight.

Because BMI formula is based on your height and weight and not our ethnicity, black women may be leaner than we think.

That's significant concerning our health issues.

So while defining white women's BMI at 30 is accurate, based on body fat, a black woman is not obese until her BMI reaches 32.

The reason for this is black women tend to have denser, heavier bones and muscles that increases our BMI. With all these findings, this still doesn't give us a pass to overeat or be overweight.

We just have to make sure the food we eat nourishes our bodies instead of creating health issues.