To: DallasBiff
To b ehonest, the waist-height ratio is not accurate for anyone who has a lot of muscle tissue.
4 posted on
06/15/2023 11:45:08 AM PDT by
MortMan
(Lawfare puts the label on the banana republic.)
To: MortMan
I’m glad 300 pounds can be a normal weight, even 306.
6 posted on
06/15/2023 11:47:15 AM PDT by
Colt1851Navy
(What was wrong with Nixon?)
To: MortMan
waist-height ratio is still better than BMI. Mass is volume * density. If you have a lot of muscle 'mass' but a relatively low percentage of body fat, your BMI is going to appear overweight for your height, but you are less likely to be carrying it around the waist.
12 posted on
06/15/2023 11:51:07 AM PDT by
z3n
(Kakistocracy)
To: MortMan
Yes, but everyone who is a bodybuilder knows that and doesn’t take BMI too seriously, and their doctors probably don’t either.
To: MortMan
...the waist-height ratio is not accurate for anyone who has a lot of muscle tissue. Absolutely correct. We had waivers for military personnel who didn't have an ounce of fat on them but were "obese" according to the Weight/BodyFat standards. The caliper wasn't too bad but the hydrostatic underwater weighing (Archimedes' Principle dunk tank test) was the most accurate if you could get one.
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