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Robert Chung
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Benjamin Lewis wrote:
> Robert Chung wrote:
>
>> BMI is a measure, and it is a perfectly valid measure. BMI is BMI. The interpretation of that
>> measure depends on what you're trying to use it for. Do not confuse the metric itself with the
>> scale of interpretation. The poster didn't ask if a BMI of 25 (or 19.9 or 25.2) was appropriate
>> or valid, he asked if BMI was valid.
>
> If you go back and read the original post, the author was wondering whether BMI is a good
> "yardstick for telling if a cyclist's weight is appropriate to their height".
And if you go back and read the original post, the author asked if mass per square meter was a valid
measure, not whether cyclists should use the same interpretative scale for that measure as the
general adult population of particular geographic regions of the world. I answered the question that
was asked. However, sensing that the original poster wanted to know something different than what he
asked, I pointed to a data table that provided some interpretation using that yardstick for actual
TdF riders.
> Robert Chung wrote:
>
>> BMI is a measure, and it is a perfectly valid measure. BMI is BMI. The interpretation of that
>> measure depends on what you're trying to use it for. Do not confuse the metric itself with the
>> scale of interpretation. The poster didn't ask if a BMI of 25 (or 19.9 or 25.2) was appropriate
>> or valid, he asked if BMI was valid.
>
> If you go back and read the original post, the author was wondering whether BMI is a good
> "yardstick for telling if a cyclist's weight is appropriate to their height".
And if you go back and read the original post, the author asked if mass per square meter was a valid
measure, not whether cyclists should use the same interpretative scale for that measure as the
general adult population of particular geographic regions of the world. I answered the question that
was asked. However, sensing that the original poster wanted to know something different than what he
asked, I pointed to a data table that provided some interpretation using that yardstick for actual
TdF riders.