Online fitness questionnaires
What's up with forms that ask you to enter
your height, weight, lifestyle, etc. and
then supposedly will give you their recommendations
based on those responses? I have tested
several by entering ridiculously inaccurate
data such as my height at 5'8" and
my weight at 120 lbs, and they always
recommend I buy their diet program. Worse,
they then congratulated me on my efforts
to lose weight! That's nonsense.
At first I thought these questionnaires
were fun, and something I might want to
add to my site, but since trying them out,
I've changed my mind. Too bad. If anyone
finds one they like, please send me a note
at 
and let me know.
Misleading and Inaccurate
Results
I went to a site entered my real height
of 5'7" and my body weight of 132 (not
true, it's higher). This weight would normally
put my BMI (Body Mass Index) at a healthy
20.7, yet this site (name not mentioned
for obvious reasons), states my BMI is 24
- 26 (not as healthy at all), and tells
me I could reach my weight loss goal
in eight weeks on their program! (I
listed my weight at 132 and my desired weight
at 132.) Fer crying out loud! Is that ridiculous
or what?
It's bad enough when people think they
should weigh next to nothing but when these
sites that are supposed to be helpful and
promoting health, offer weight loss to someone
who is basically underweight to start, well
it's just wrong.
Misleading and inaccurate information
such as this is prevalent in many websites
so when you are taking a fitness test, or
any other test a site uses to supposedly
gauge your need for their program, keep
this is mind. As usual, it's always "buyer
beware."
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