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Group Fitness Instructor

Category - Participant Safety

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A participant approaches you after attending your class, visibly upset. She confides in you that she just had her Body Mass Index (BMI) assessed at 34.2. Her goals for exercise include a reduction in BMI out of the “obese” category and into the “overweight” category. In order to achieve this goal, she must reduce her BMI to a maximum of:
  1. 18.5
  2. 24.5
  3. 29.9
  4. 32.5
Explanation
Answer: C - Individuals with a Body Mass Index in the 25 - 29.9 range will rate in the overweight category, whereas those with a BMI exceeding 30 will rate as obese. A BMI of 18.5 - 24.9 is considered normal, whereas anything under 18.5 is considered underweight. It is important to note that BMIs can be notoriously inaccurate, especially among athletes. The BMI calculation fails to distinguish between weight from fat and weight from muscle, often leading to an inappropriate ranking as overweight or even obese.
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