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Where are you on the global fat scale?

(48 Posts)
JoyBloggs Fri 23-Jan-15 20:16:59

Thanks, MrsPickle, fascinating!

Apparently I would feel very at home now in Gabon confused whereas before Christmas I was more of a Djibouti sort of person... Hmm! grin

rosequartz Fri 23-Jan-15 19:33:46

I always said if I was 5' 10' I would be so slim ...

rosequartz Fri 23-Jan-15 19:32:52

I must tell my Australian family that I am an Aussie!

#justcallmesheila

Teetime Fri 23-Jan-15 19:32:22

Oh and apparently I am from USA! Deep joy- thanks for that.

Teetime Fri 23-Jan-15 19:31:43

I am more than 64% of women in UK which seems hard to believe when I see the evidence all around me and more than 80% of women globally. Am officially a hippo and will be hunted to extinction.grin

Liz46 Fri 23-Jan-15 19:06:47

My dh poured scorn on my score of 25 and said he didn't believe me as he had seen my big bum! I did his but he knows I am not good with metres so he gave me his height in metres. I have been married to him for a long time so I should have known better. He cheated. I didn't know what to say when his BMI was less than mine but then he started giggling and said he wasn't really 8' tall.

loopylou Fri 23-Jan-15 19:04:50

I'm like people in Senegal, sounds exotic so suits me!

vegasmags Fri 23-Jan-15 17:57:48

I'm like people from Angola, apparently.

soontobe Fri 23-Jan-15 17:55:36

Those countries seem to be a bit in the wrong order?
I am supposed to be the next country to France confused

And Egypt is right near the top? confused

numberplease Fri 23-Jan-15 17:53:09

I also would fit in well in Tonga, but it doesn`t surprise me!

crun Fri 23-Jan-15 17:48:01

BMI 18

Lower than 99% of males aged 45-59 in the UK, and 92% of the world.

If everyone in the world had the same BMI, it would remove 65,100,039 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population You're most like someone from Bangladesh.

Ana Fri 23-Jan-15 17:36:12

Eritrea

rosequartz Fri 23-Jan-15 17:35:29

I am most like women from Australia so, as I am going there later this year, I should fit in just fine.

rosequartz Fri 23-Jan-15 17:33:19

But where does it all go to if you lose it? Does it get converted into energy therefore heat and contribute to global warming and climate change, in which case I should stay as I am? grin

Tegan Fri 23-Jan-15 17:04:11

Madagascar

posie Fri 23-Jan-15 16:45:58

National - below average
Global - below average

BMI 25
Most like someone from Sierra Leone apparently hmm

Liz46 Fri 23-Jan-15 16:34:41

vampirequeen, I got Tonga the first time I tried but thought there was something wrong so did it again. I got a BMI of 25 the second time.

Katek Fri 23-Jan-15 16:14:25

National - below average
Global - above average

And I seem to come from Mongolia.........

soontobe Fri 23-Jan-15 15:57:45

Brunei [must look that country up!]

Lower BMI than 74% in this country - good

But my BMI is 25 - bad?
Last time I did my BMI about 2 years ago my BMI was 23. Even though I am a few pounds lighter than then. hmm

Grannyknot Fri 23-Jan-15 15:51:16

That is fascinating. I am: National below average by 59% but I am above average for global (eek), I have a higher BMI than 62% of the females in my age group.

It thinks I am from Guyana!

pompa Fri 23-Jan-15 15:48:45

off it

vampirequeen Fri 23-Jan-15 15:47:55

Oh dear it would appear that I'm the heaviest woman in the world which is odd considering I know women who are heavier than me but I'll fit in really well in Tonga grin

MrsPickle Fri 23-Jan-15 15:37:32

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18770328

I got

National
Below average
You have a lower BMI than 85% of females aged 60-69 in your country Global
Below average
You have a lower BMI than 66% of females aged 60-69 in the world

Did you know?
If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 7,737,782 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population You're most like someone from Ghana*

Try it for yourself!