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Better BMI For Tall People and Short People

I love the Garmin Connect app BUT it has one major shortcoming for some us, in that it only uses the BMI estimator and not the BBMI estimator.

For any one who is tall or short the BMI estimator will give a very very unrealistic estimate. Mine gives over 30 (for a reasonably average 6 foot 4 person) but if I go to a BBMI calculator I am a 27 which is correct to me.

Can we have a n option for BBMI instead of BMI. Then I wont have to complain about the app calling me fat.

thanks

0 trux over 2 years ago

There is no BBMI available, but you can use Body Fat% instead. The only problem is that you either need the Index 2 scale for it, or have to import the value manually with the help of a small CSV file and the Import function, as there is currently no direct way to enter the data manually in a different way.

There are countless of threads speaking about Body Fat% here on the forum, so if you need more info, just look them up. An example is at How to import data weight to garmin - Garmin Connect Web - Mobile Apps & Web - Garmin Forums