I think it’s a cultural thing, some places people just have lower BMI’s genetically or dietarily (is that a word?).
I’m considered skinny at 6’4 130lbs, but all of my friends who are all a little underweight or “barely healthy” according to BMI wouldn’t, they’d just be considered thin, since the median weight is much lower than in, say, the US.
I think it’s a cultural thing, some places people just have lower BMI’s genetically or dietarily (is that a word?).
I’m considered skinny at 6’4 130lbs, but all of my friends who are all a little underweight or “barely healthy” according to BMI wouldn’t, they’d just be considered thin, since the median weight is much lower than in, say, the US.