Am I underweight?

Question:

Okay, I worked out my BMI wrong at first and I thought I was overweight but then I realized I did it wrong and my BMI is actually 15.9. They say anything under 18 is underweight but everyone says I look normal. I'm confused. Is it possible for me to be underweight and look normal. I'm not anorexic and they say I have a fast metabolism. What's up with this?
Answers:
There is an interactive chart of BMI percentiles for girls 2 to 20 years here:
http://heightandweightchart.blogspot.com/2005/10/interactive-bmi-chart-for-girls-2-20.html

You use the sliders to find your age and your BMI. Where they intersect gives you what percentage you're in. These are the ranges of normal percentiles. So even if you're in the 5th percentile, meaning 95 percent of people have a BMI greater than yours, that still means 5th percentile of the normal range. Someone has to be at the bottom and someone has to be at the top.

Other Answers:
don't worry about weight , if you're happy with it then that's all that matters , also those so called experts and their charts think everybody is the same , what's right for you my not be right for everybody else

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