You have blood drawn for some standard tests, and a week later you get a call from the doctor's office asking you to come in and have your body mass index tested.
 
I guess if you put on 30 pounds since they last saw you, it shows up in your blood. :)

Uh Oh, I better not go the vampire, I mean Doctor anytime soon.

The Platinum Member
Uh Oh, I better not go the vampire, I mean Doctor anytime soon.

It's really bad for a guy if the doc wants a milk sample from ya... 

You do realize that your body mass index is your weight in kilograms divided by the square of your height in centimeters? I hope you are not being charged an office visit fee for this "test."

slartabartfast
You do realize that your body mass index is your weight in kilograms divided by the square of your height in centimeters? I hope you are not being charged an office visit fee for this "test."

Is that formula correct?  'Cause that would make my BMI 0.03 instead of the (so-called "obese") 32.5 that the NIH's online calculator shows.  Of course, BMI is only relevant if you haven't worked out most of your life... 

craigb
Of course, BMI is only relevant if you haven't worked out most of your life... 

I have not.
 
I'll begin that tomorrow morning ('working out' the rest of my life)

They're probably just worried about teh diabeetus.
 
Early detection + some diet changes = You'll be fine
 
Good luck.

I stopped taking my supplements, stopped working out, and starting eating carbs again. He was able to tell I gained weight without seeing me or my weight, and just looking at some basic blood numbers.
 
I was going in anyway for a regular visit, but the nurse says he wants my body mass. No, they don't do it the old fashioned way - you stand on a device and hold handles. A small electrical charge runs through the handles and they measure the resistance or something or other to come up with a number. Very scientific, and probably easier to charge for. :) Visit is set for the 20th of June. Goal is to be down 12 pounds when I walk in there.

New Denmark study,  good news for us guys with with dad bods:
 
http://jama.jamanetwork.c...aspx?articleid=2520627

Sorry,  didn't realize it was so obscure...to make a long story short the ideal bmi has been revised upwards to 27.  woot!