BMI is absolutely crap. Most calculators don't even take male vs. female into account- let alone muscle vs. fat.
I am 6 feet tall, and I won't tell you how much I weigh, but my BMI is a little over 20- low for my height. But I'm fighting the belly, and I know I could have less fat and more muscle, because for most of my life my BMI was a higher number, but I was rock solid muscle- a VERY low fat % for a woman.
So my BMI says I'm "healthier" now, when I'm clearly less healthy. To give doctors credit, the ones I know consider it only as a package numbr along with many other numbers.
I am 6 feet tall, and I won't tell you how much I weigh, but my BMI is a little over 20- low for my height. But I'm fighting the belly, and I know I could have less fat and more muscle, because for most of my life my BMI was a higher number, but I was rock solid muscle- a VERY low fat % for a woman.
So my BMI says I'm "healthier" now, when I'm clearly less healthy. To give doctors credit, the ones I know consider it only as a package numbr along with many other numbers.