Question:
Are there any advantages/disadvantages

When it comes to BMI's? higher vs, lower.    — Cindee A. (posted on October 27, 2001)

October 27, 2001
Cindee, I don't understand your question. A higher BMI just means that for a certain height, you weight that much more.... BMI is just a formula for the ratio of weight to height....
   — Marjorie B.

October 27, 2001
I'm not completely sure about the question either...but I can try to answer. Usually, the higher the BMI, the higher risk you are. That goes for just about anything...heart disease, diabetes and surgery. The more weight you carry, the more stress you have on your body. I guess that might be what you are talking about as far as disadvantages. An advantage to having a lower BMI would be that some surgeons are more apt/able to do surgery laproscopically if your BMI is a bit lower. Some of the people with higher BMI's drop the weight quite quickly, which can be encouraging. On the other hand, some surgeons say that the higher the bmi...the lower the % of body weight you will lose in the end. This is just what I have seen spoken of here on the site. I'm not an expert. I hope that helped ;)
   — Nicole P.

October 27, 2001
What I meant about advantages was... somewhere I read higher BMI's loose faster than lower end BMI's I'm wondering how true that is.Are there any other things post, that are an advantage,
   — Cindee A.

October 27, 2001
I understand what you are asking, because I was thinking the same thing before, I heard that the more you weigh, for example some one who weighs 480 lb vs. someone who weighs 280 lbs and have surgery on the same day.. who will drop more weight first, I was told the larger of the 2 will loose weight first, I think Its because its a bigger adjustment on the intake .. but I know what your asking and I have heard it from many people in the chat rooms that the bigger you are prior to surgery the more you will loose ..but you will hit a plateu .. and that plateu could be at 280 .. and the smallers could be at 170 .. this is why I was told "dont gain weight before surgery.. it will be slower in the end the more you weigh" if this is true or just one persons personal experiances I am not sure but I can say I have gained 15+ lbs the past 2 months because I through out my diet pills..
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