'Overweight threat' for most of US

Herald Sun ^ | 4 October 2005

[agere_contra]

When they defined the BFI index they forgot to account for bone density

[fatnotlazy]

FWIW, I don't know any lean people with Type II diabetes.

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I do. A co-worker of mine has it -- she is fit and trim. She works out with me in the firm's gym. She has, however, a family history of the disease. But by keeping her weight under control and being fit, she is fighting off the disease rather well.

However, you are right...those who are obese are at a much higher risk for Type II. It's just that obesity is not the only risk factor. My co-worker can't do anything about heredity, but she is doing what she can with the other risk factors.

[metmom]

'I regularly walk 10 miles at a time, without getting tired or becoming out of breath. I'm in great shape.

But according to the federal government's BMI index, I am "overweight." I am male, 5'6", and I weigh 160 pounds.

The government greatly exaggerates the number of people who are "overweight."'


I heard somewhere that "overweight" people are often in better physical condition than people of "normal" weight because people who weigh more tend to be aware of it and the need to exercise and eat right. "Normal" weight people tend to take it more for granted. I'm definitely in the overwieght category and I eat well and walk an average of 6 nights/week, not counting what I do for errands, laundry (hanging it out) and gardening. I keep trying to lose the weight and it keeps finding me. BTW my BP, sugar and cholesterol are all fine. Sure I'd like to be slimmer but it just ain't happening.

[Marie]

FWIW, I don't know any lean people with Type II diabetes.

I do. I know three people who are underweight and T-2. Vegetarians, all of them.