Comments on: BMI Project

By: Meg

Meg — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:47:54 +0000

@ kurunner, I think that would be neat if it could be done with permish of the contributors. I can see something like this potentially causing hurt feelings since it requires the person putting together the quiz to openly judge how fat a person ‘looks’. On the other hand, I think a quiz could be effective for those people who see the slideshow and are still unconvinced.

@Other Caitlin,

As a white person living in Canada, I can’t say this for sure, but I imagine it wouldn’t be very helpful for an already-Othered person to be further invisiblized as an ‘outlier’ by doctors and government health organizations.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:18:08 +0000

On behalf of my ‘morbidly obese’ super active, awesome, completely healthy 4 year old cat Mutant thanks for including a picture of Moxie. I was just at the vet with him today, you’d think the poor bastard was on his deathbed by the way they were talking about him.

By: saharial

saharial — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:19:40 +0000

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1251969/Mothers-fury-nanny-state-brands-healthy-daughter-5-fat-risk-heart-disease.html

i thought you might like this article as reference for the BMI project! :)

By: illy

illy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:30:20 +0000

I just saw this and HAD to comment on this.

Some years ago, I was really into obcessing with BMI. But today, I weight about 65.5 kg (about 145 pounds) at 1,65 m (5’5″) and according to BMI, I’m near overweight but I’m only a UK size 10 (size 6 for Americans)! How is that possible? It’s no where near a big size, I excersise at the gym 3 times a week plus take a walk on the other days.

I just came to the conclusion that I’m simply heavier than I look and that BMI is big load of BS! I don’t look/feel fat, my clothes are at a nice size and I feel healthy.

By: Thirty people, thirty blog posts « Jumbled Words

Thirty people, thirty blog posts « Jumbled Words — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:14:46 +0000

[...] favourite blogs at the moment. Kate Harding is awesome, and so are her co-writers. A favourite is “The BMI project”, in which she has compiled pics of a number of people, together with what they ’should’ [...]

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Female Olympians are Fat! (TW) - The Pursuit of Harpyness — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:01:37 +0000

[...] muscular athletes would qualify as “obese” according to BMI calculations. (Which are crap, in case you hadn’t picked up on [...]

By: Dear airlines, passengers come in all shapes and sizes | Roaming Tales

Dear airlines, passengers come in all shapes and sizes | Roaming Tales — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:46:33 +0000

[...] In reality, there is debate about the health aspects – the BMI is notoriously unreliable as a public health measure and there is some evidence that it is possible to achieve health at every size. It is also [...]

By: Brandie

Brandie — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:10:02 +0000

I just found this blog a couple of weeks ago, and finally found this slideshow today. I love it!
I always hear from personal trainer/bodybuilder friends that the BMI is total BS (Schwarzenegger would have been obese/morbidly obese in his lifting days), however, to me, a bodybuilder is not the norm. I love seeing these pictures and I was surprised how different body weights look on different bodies, and how many of the girls who looked normal to me were actually considered overweight or obese.

From now on I think the BMI = BS

By: Thermodynamics, Part One « Ana Mardoll's Musings

Thermodynamics, Part One « Ana Mardoll's Musings — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:45:03 +0000

[...] in the former state that I discovered Shapely Prose and fat acceptance, and Kate Harding’s BMI Project. Watching the BMI Project and seeing these stunningly beautiful women was a truly transcendent [...]

By: BMI « Deprogramming.

BMI « Deprogramming. — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:08:10 +0000

[...] Still, something that always is nice to see is the BMI Project. [...]