Is 190 lbs for a 28 year old female mean she is overweight she is skinny?

Question:

She is 28 tall and skinny. If you didnt know her weight she looks like shed weigh at least 150-160. She is active medium built meaning broad shouldered. It doesnt make any since that she could be at this weight Tyra Banks is 161 lbs my friend is smaller than her not that Tyra is big but weighs more. Does she need to see a dr to make sure she doesnt have something wrong w/ her? And does this weight mean she is overweight if she were to lose a whole lot of weight she would look funny. Any suggestions?

Answers:
There is nothing wrong with her! She could have high muscle mass or really good (heavy) bones! Weight means nothing if your healthy.

find her weight out (in kilograms) divide this by her height times by itself in metres. ie 6 foot would be 1.8. if the answer is over 24 (i think) then she is overweight. or go onto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/body_mass_i... and it should tell you!!

I agree.

she should have her bmi (body mass index) checked, it's a simple test that you can probably find online and do it yourself, it measures how much muscle & fat you have compared to eachother, you basically pinch & measure certain key areas of the body, don't go by height & weight, the bmi takes in consideration your neck size, wrist size etc

Is 190 lbs for a 28 year old female mean she is overweight she is skinny?

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