Global Fat Scale

The BBC has this fun little Global Fat Scale Calculator where you put in your height/weight/gender/age/location and it tells you how you stack up against populations around the world.

My results:

Your numbers

Obesity Index

26bmi 

BMI is an estimate of how "overweight" or "obese" a person is

National

Below average

You have a lower BMI than59% of females aged 15-29in your country

Global

Above average

You have a higher BMI than81% of females aged 15-29in the world

You know... at first I was like ... wow. Globally I'm still a fatty.

And then I plugged in my "before" weight and I'm feeling pretty good.

Your numbers

Obesity Index

38bmi 

BMI is an estimate of how "overweight" or "obese" a person is

National

Above average

You have a higher BMI than98% of females aged 15-29in your country

Global

Above average

You have a higher BMI than100% of females aged 15-29in the world