Posted on 03/03/2005 1:08:28 PM PST by johnb838
CHICAGO (AP) - It's no secret that size matters in American gridiron football, but a new study suggests that a whopping 56 percent of players in the National Football League would be considered obese by some medical standards. The NFL called the study bogus for using players' body-mass index, a height-to-weight ratio that doesn't consider body muscle versus fat. The players union said that despite the sight of bulging jerseys, there's no proof that obesity is rampant in the league. How fat is the NFL? NFL has height issues too Summary ...
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Sure, some NFL players are probably overweight, but this study is still crap.
What's important the ratio of fat to lean body mass not body mass to the cube of height.
I'm 5'10" and weight 285 pounds. I am over weight, but not obese. I ride my bike 14 miles a day to work usually 3-4 times a week, I lift weights (bench 300) and am looking to do a triathelon this year. I am also 50 years old. The BMI is stupid.
Yes, many offensive lineman have a large amount of fat on their bodies, but proportionally I think no more than the average overweight American. Numbers like 365 lbs. are alarming, but considering most of these players are about 6'5" with a ton of muscle and have spent most of their life working out, I think they are much less obese than they appear.
Ya think?
Yes, numbers like 365 lbs. do seem alarming, but considering most of these guys are about 6'5" with a ton of muscle and have spent most of their lives working out, they are much less obese than they appear.
While figures do not lie. Liars do figure.
Sorry, I thought the first one didn't post.
I am in the same boat. I am obese according to the index. 10lbs will be gone for summer but I am not obese.
I meet a bunch of people from Italy visiting boston. The men's wrist were so tiny I thought I would break them if I shook hands.
I think it is another silly European system like the metric system that does not translate to real Americans.
How much is a mililiter of milk anyways?
When someone called Artie Donovan fat, he said, "What's wrong with fat? These young guys today with all the muscles, they're always pulling something. You ever hear of anybody pulling fat?"
Who cares? We have become a nation of nosy busybodies.
If they want to get fat, and the team wants to play them, that's their business. Next thing we know, we'll have another government regulation.
When I was 27, I was 6-6 and 213 pounds. Hardly had any fat on me. And the BMI said I was borderline overweight. The BMI makes no attempt to factor in muscularity. A far better measurement is comparing one's weight to one's displacement in a water tank.
One definition of football:
22 people who desperately need a rest being watched by 2 million people who desperately need exercise.
er...."rampant"
must be the same medical research methodology that claimed
owning a gun will only get you killed.
BIG BRUISERS: A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that 56 percent of NFL players are obese, based on a height-to-weight ratio that doesn't consider body muscle versus fat. Almost all players qualify as overweight, according to the study.
NFL RESPONSE: The science is weak because it doesn't measure muscle.
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| Posted by Mr. Mojo On News/Activism ^ 03/01/2005 8:42:47 PM EST · 29 replies · 355+ views AP (via Yahoo) ^ | 3/1/05 | LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO - It's no secret that size matters in the National Football League, but a new study suggests that a whopping 56 percent of NFL players would be considered obese by some medical standards. The NFL called the study bogus for using players' body-mass index, a height-to-weight ratio that doesn't consider body muscle versus fat. The players' union said that despite the familiar sight of bulging football jerseys, there's no proof that obesity is rampant in the league. But former defensive tackle John Jurkovic said he's seen plenty of evidence that players have gotten not just bigger but sometimes fatter,... |
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