@clacke @aeva Yes, I think it's probably a useful *statistical* tool.

@aeva Then there's people like me, who have gone from absurdly fit, to very slobby, to reasonably-above-average over about thirty years. In all that time, although my fitness varied hugely, my actual weight never budged by more than 1kg. Weight is just not a good measure in general.

@aeva Actual weight is somewhat arbitrary as long as you're in the ballpark. What really matters is whether that weight is useful or not. Just like cars, it's all about power-to-weight *ratio* :-)

@aeva Anyway, you will be happy to hear that all my life I have been classified as rather overweight. Which makes me the perfectly average American. You know, even when I was winning gold medals. Because BMI is a totally bullshit measure.

@aeva Statistically, this is the most probable outcome.