Inspired partly by comments in the Bacon Thread, and with the age poll as a precedent, I thought I'd see how healthy we all are based on a crude measure. How to calculate your BMI? Look here.

The categories are drawn from a chart at Wikipedia.

Answers to the poll are anonymous. Of course if you want, you can own up to your results in-thread.

19.9

~23.  My weight fluctuates a fair bit.

Also, I don't eat bacon.

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20.3

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Mine is about 23.5. In spite of being about mid-normal, I'd like to lose some weight just 'cos I remember feeling easier to move when I was around 120-130 lbs.

For the sake of comparison, I'm trying to find data for the American adult public at large, but so far I'm only coming up with partial statistics. Best I have right now is this pdf from the CDC. For American males age 20 and older in 1988-94, the results were

<18.5     :  0.9% (calculated from the data presented)
18.5-24.9: 39.3%
25.0-29.9: 39.9%
30+        : 19.9%

For American females the distribution was

<18.5     : 2.9% (calculated from the data presented)
18.5-24.9: 45.9%
25.0-29.9: 25.7%
30+        : 25.5%

Again, this is a crude measure of health/body condition. Males and athletic persons are probably misrepresented somewhat toward the "obese" end of the spectrum, due to higher muscle-to-fat ratios and the fact that muscle is denser than fat. But BMI is easy to calculate and I think it's a fair "first pass".

16.4. I'm in really good shape, but on paper, it looks like I'm starving.

Distance runner, I'd guess.

22.1

Quote from: Elliot WilenAgain, this is a crude measure of health/body condition. Males and athletic persons are probably misrepresented somewhat toward the "obese" end of the spectrum, due to higher muscle-to-fat ratios and the fact that muscle is denser than fat.

I was going to say something along that line, because I calculated my peak competetive weight from when I was running long distance back in high school, and I came out with a BMI of over 21, even though I know I was at least 5 pounds underweight* and struggling to keep my weight up.

But, yes, it's a fair ballpark pass.

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[*Edit: I just now calculated what "underweight" is considered to be with this contemporary National Institute of Health BMI calculator.  I had to go 20 pounds below what was considered barely underweight 20 to 25 years ago.  I suspect that there may be some inflation at work here.]

21.6. I'm long in the bones but carry too much Cheeto accretion around the midsection. Got into the habit of walking everywhere I go whilst on the dole, and now I keep it up because it's free and de-fattening.

Edit: alright I totally fucked this up.

24.4

26, last I checked.  Yep:  I'm husky.  

22.8

Ok, I am not in the best shape, so it's 28.4; but it used to be much, much worse.