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To: Jewbacca
s it “fat” or BMI-based?

I’m morbidly obese per BMI but have between 10-13% body fat at any given time. (I am very muscular.)

I am sure it will be BMI, which is a meaningless measurement.

I’m in the same boat. I’m 6’3” and 270lbs. I bench press 495, ride a couple hundred miles per week on my bike and eat no carbs or wheat products. Yet, I’m morbidly obese according to the BMI charts.

10 posted on 05/30/2013 3:11:32 PM PDT by RobertClark (My shrink just killed himself - he blamed me in his note!)
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To: RobertClark

Just hit a 600lb deadlift, which is not exactly world-record territory, but great for an old pilot who used to have to stay below 200lbs because of the ejection seat.

BMI is possibly the dumbest health measurement in the world.

So, of course, ObamaCare will use it.


12 posted on 05/30/2013 3:19:47 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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