Average adults

I don't know what I weigh so I shan't bother to read the article.

Me neither! We all know Bags is a super-sylph so there's no point depressing myself!

Anagram If I didn't love her so much, I'd be green with

No l wont read that article, dont need it rubbed in

I am

I just got told at the doctors that I had lost a little - enough to take me out of the 'obese' range....
Thanks...I think....

Such flattery will get them nowhere allie I suspect.
Not on strike then?
My DH got miffed with wiifit when he concluded that the little Japanese person with the squeaky voice inside the box would never think that he was anything less than obese because his big heavy bones and big heavy legs would not come into the equation, however much fat he lost.
There are some people for whom body mass index is not a good guide

JessM True, but they are generally serious athletes like Matthew Pinsett (is that anything like the right spelling?) or rugby players. I suspect wiifit doesn't quite cut the mustard.

I had a look at this article too and was feeling quite pleased with myself when I found that I was lighter than the average adult in 109 countries and heavier than the average adult in 68 countries -- but then I realised that they don't take into account your height, sex or age so perhaps it's just a little misleading. Fun though

Then I went to the both ends of the scale and was amused that the heaviest people are in Micronesia Perhaps these islands should be re-named?

Actually - I'll admit that I didn't know that there were a group of islands with that name

Bags can I have the link please? [idiot] emoticon ...as don't know how to find it

Here you are, Jacey (just Google it!)

www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9345086/The-worlds-fattest-countries-how-do-you-compare.html

Ha, ha! I just did it myself and it said I was lighter than the average adult in 177 countries and heavier than the average adult in none! I'd entered 10 as my weight, thinking in stones, so it thought I weighed 10lb!

Good one, nag!

Thanx Anagram

Interesting ...but did wonder about the accuracy in that numbers in each country that had actually been weighed and agree with yogagran about height, age and sex factors.

But liked the final comments in article ...re comparison of North America to Asia

I appear to be bigger than everyone in the world lol

I'm 130 lbs, so bigger than some, smaller than some, which seems about par for the course.

But agree that it's all a bit off without taking into account height etc.

I mean, if I was 3ft 6", I'd be a right porker, but if I was 6ft 6", I might fall through a drain cover.

Unless of course I had sticky out ears, which I don't.

Oh phoenix that made me laugh - thanks for that

phoenix you're so sensible. Haven't a clue whether or not I'm nudging "average" or a fair stone over...does it matter? Can I be bothered to tiddle with calories and run myself ragged in order to be average? Nah! I'll settle for what I am...far from perfect but perfectly acceptable.

I was so intrigued when Bags posted this yesterday, I actually went out of my way to weigh myself (awful phrasing – sorry). I checked the article and am heavier than the average adult in 65 countries. My BMI is 20, so I can only assume that those 65 countries are ones stricken by famine and other disasters.

I think my BMI is 20 as well, absent, so I guess I'm just smaller than you, and a lot of other adults all over the world

Not that I feel small! In my life I loom large!

I'm 5 feet 9 inches and match the average Algerian adult Bags.

Mine is 27.5 ie overweight but not obese! I'm trying honest, but being immobile doesn't help! (neither does the food on cruises.)

Like absentgrana I don't weigh myself, too depressing! I'm 5 Foot 7 inches so maybe the size of slightly smaller Algerian due to my being 2 inches shorter then absentgrana. I'm not fat - just pleasingly plumb as my Mother used to say. Elephants havn't started to throw buns at me yet.