BMI and Celebrity Height and Weight

[cindysphynx]

I was reading yesterday's Wall Street Journal, and they had an 
article on BMI (Body Mass Index).  This is a formula whereby you 
take weight and height and calculate whether someone is overweight 
or obese.  A BMI over 25 is overweight.  A BMI over 30 is obese.  

But here's the fun part.  The article contained a list of heights 
and weights for some celebrities or sports stars.  The point was to 
show that BMI is bogus, because someone who is in very good shape 
has a lot of muscle and therefore will weigh more.  As a result, BMI 
may label perfectly healthy people as overweight or obese.

Here are the stats.  

I'll do the men first:

Sylvester Stallone -- 5'9", 228, 34 BMI
Arnold Schwarzenegger -- 6'2", 257, 33 BMI 
Sammy Sosa -- 6'0", 220, 30 BMI 
Harrison Ford -- 6'1", 218, 29 BMI 
George Clooney -- 5'11", 211, 29 BMI
Bruce Willis -- 6'0", 211 29 BMI
Mike Piazza -- 6'3", 215, 27 BMI
Brad Pitt -- 6'0", 203, 27 BMI
Michael Jordan -- 6'6", 216, 25 BMI

Now the women:

Rebecca Lobo -- 6'4", 185, 22 BMI
Venus Williams -- 6'1", 169, 22 BMI
Demi Moore -- 5'5", 130, 22 BMI
Lisa Leslie -- 6'5", 170, 20 BMI
Julia Roberts -- 5'9", 121, 18 BMI
Hilary Swank -- 5'7", 118, 18 BMI
Nicole Kidman -- 5'10", 120, 17 BMI
Madonna -- 5'4", 101, 17 BMI
Gwyneth Paltrow -- 5'10", 111, 16 BMI

What observations can we make? 

Women in Hollywood have to be much skinnier than their male 
counterparts.  And the baggage of having a last name causes people 
to be heavier, as Madonna is apparently one of the skinniest people 
in Hollywood.  ;-)

Cindy -- who prepared bacon this morning and cheerfully ate Gwyneth 
Paltrow's serving because she probably wouldn't eat it anyway