In the past, BMI has always been measured according to height and weight, but now studies are showing a more accurate way to measure is by your waist and hip measurements.
BMI (based on a person's weight and height) takes no notice of where a person's fat lies or how muscular that person may be, says Dr. Arya Sharma, co-author of the study and a professor of medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
Therefore, a well-muscled athlete and an obese person could have similar BMI score.
SO, I am now using this method to measure BMI.
Using a tape measure:
Measure your hips.
Measure your waist.
Then divide the waist number by the hip number.
For a healthy woman: the total should be under 0.85
For a healthy man: the total should be below point 0.90
(I have a 28" waist and 35" inch hips so my BMI is 0.80)
