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Waist measurement is more important than BMI. There's more stuff to read if you google for it but as a quick run-down, try this -
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/health/13waist.html0 -
Zoology_Dragon wrote: »Really?!?! A size 12 is hardly on the thin side at any height. Not suggesting it is "big", of course it isn't, but you'd have to be about 6' before a size 12 started looking too thin.
Fortunately we're all different and that's what makes life so interesting. I'm 5'7" tall myself and currently a rather well-rounded size 16 but back when I was a size 12 I truly was thin, too thin imo, although I didn't appreciate how emaciated I looked at the time: visible ribs, hip-bones stuck out like handles, you get the picture. Not a very pretty look once undressed, although dressed I thought I just looked nice and slim but I wasn't0
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