Posted on 02/14/2019 8:56:17 PM PST by zeestephen
"After taking into account all the laboratory results, examinations and specialist recommendations, it is my determination that the president remains in very good health overall," the president's physician, Sean Conley, wrote in a memo on Thursday....the 72-year-old president weighed 243 pounds, up from 239 pounds in early 2018. The findings pushed Trump into the obese range under a widely used government body mass index that aims to measure body fat based on height and weight.
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In addition to her spasms, tics, inability to negotiate a flight of stairs without help and get into her van.
BMI is hogwash. According to it, a man standing 6’ tall should only weigh 165lbs and a woman standing 6’ tall should only weight 160lbs. It does not take into account, bone density, muscle mass and body type. Most government guidelines on health are pure BS!
You can’t tell me that Obama’s wife isn’t considered “obese”.
The One Party Press now achieves 100% negative press.
How I despise them....slime, scum, worthy of Hell.
Maybe when a kid is the tall one in high school and is playing basketball. But that is skinny.
Golly gee whiz.
Of course he’s carrying more weight. He has acquired the weight of this nation’s problems PLUS the weight of a fleet of destroyers.
There seems to be nothing this man could do to get these folks to change their tune and tone to one other than ridicule.
You’ve heard of rounding off, right?
I’m 6’4” and had a doctor tell me that I should be around 195-200lbs. I told him that I hadn’t weighed that since I was a sophomore in high school. It ain’t happening. 230 lbs is my best weight. If I get below 220, I look awful and worse, I start to feel awful.
BMI is a joke.
He’s in his 70’s it happens ...sheesh....
He’s in his 70’s it happens ...sheesh....if I was in the 70’s I sure wouldn’t be worried about weight.
At 6’4” tall and an endomorph build, 230lbs is about right. Of course, if you lift, you can tack on another 20 to 30lbs.
At 6'4 and 73 freaking years old, 230 is excellent. The modern height-weight charts are meant for malnourished Asians.
Tom Brady is 6'4 and 225 at 40. Anyone want to call him "obese"?
Yes it is! It is good at almost any age, when you are 6’4” and a medium build on up.
But Trump is 10-feet tall and an athletic build.
The government BMI index was developed in the 30s by insurance companies. Now, think back to what was happening in the thirties, and how people were probably not getting enough to eat or they were eating very poorly and may have even been malnourished. It was called the Great Depression and my mama told me that they were always able to eat at least one meal a day and she was in a family of 13 children all of which but one survive to adulthood. And her father was a fortunate laborer at a dairy farm, so they had a tenant arrangement which allowed them to grow vegetables and get plenty of dairy to supplement their diet.
That’s said, it would be very simple for POTUS to consult with his chef and arrange for a caloric intake of say 1200 to 2000 calories per day and his weight would be down to a very manageable level in a matter of months.
Given the stresses of his role as president of the United States, it might be something for him to consider.
I worry that his time in the 40 yard dash will be impacted by this and that he won’t be able to do the job as president.
And Hillary’s weight?
Bet Michael could eat him under the table.
Yeah, I’m 5’3” and when I got to 118 lbs, my doctor literally forbade me from losing anymore. Any my beautiful face was getting haggard.
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