Dave Smith > wrote:

>Mine is 34 and I have a few extra pounds but am not obese. I am just a
>few pounds more than I was when I was in my early 20s and trying to get
>into the army. My doctor said that my height to weight ratio
>disqualified me but he didn't think that it should because I was big and
>muscular but not fat. I ended up not going, but I was accepted.
>Even at my heaviest I was taking equestrian jumping lessons.

This is why body fat percentage (measurable by relatively inexpensive
scales) can be a more useful metric than BMI, the latter being mostly
used for epediomological (sp?) studies since it's so easy to measure and/or
calculate from histortical records.

My BFP flutuates from 18 to 25, and it's now at the high end of that
range (not atypical for this time of year when I've just been to a
succssion of holiday dinner parties, and I am hiking and exercising
less than I do in the summer).


Steve