Is a bmi of 26 ok?

A BMI of 26. A BMI of 26 indicates you are overweight, and, even though 26 is on the lower end of the BMI range for overweight, it can still affect your health. read more

A BMI of 26 would place you in the overweight category. But due to the things stated above that might not necessarily be true. So on the question whether you should use BMI or not I’d say take it with a huge grain of salt. read more

BMI is only a tool that should be used in combination of a bunch of different things to assess overall health. There are a lot of athletes who have unhealthy BMI, but are healthy. This is because BMI doesn't take into account muscle mass. read more