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Originally Posted by heep223
5'11 180 sounds a lot healthier than 5'11 155. Depends on your body type I guess.
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On the contrary. 5'11" @ 180 lbs is a BMI of 25.1, which places a person slightly into the 'overweight' category. 5'11" @ 155 lbs is a BMI of 21.6, which is squarely in the middle of the normal weight range of 18.5 - 24.9.
You're right that body type (read as: amount of muscle) can skew this, but as is the case with the majority of the population, most people aren't carrying enough muscle mass to skew their results in that direction. In fact, you could make the argument that there are more skinny-fat people who fall into a healthy BMI by having a lack of lean tissue. But I digress.