Posted on 02/04/2016 11:33:39 AM PST by Olog-hai
The use of Body Mass Index to assess a person's health has led to millions of people incorrectly being labeled overweight or obese, researchers claim.
The measurement has been used by doctors for more than 150 years, but has come under increasing criticism for being a flawed marker of health. [...]
Now, however, Californian researchers claim their research will be will be 'the final nail in the coffin for BMI'. [...]
This revealed almost half of Americans who are labeled 'overweight' by virtue of their BMIs (47.4 percent, or 34.4 million people) are healthy, as are 19.8 million who are considered 'obese.' However, the analysis also found more than 30 percent of those with BMIs in the 'normal' range, - about 20.7 million people - are actually unhealthy based on their other health data. And more than two million people who are considered 'very obese' by virtue of having a BMI of 35 or above are actually healthy. ...
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Nice oxymoronic headline, either way. And also, kilograms are a measure of mass, not weight.
I knew it was crap when they had President Bush as overweight.
Standards claim I need to lose 20 pounds based on my height 5’9”. No way in hell can I sustain myself at that weight.
And Chris Christie is pleasingly plump.
Marilyn Muroe, Gina Lolobrigeda, Jean Harlow, Jayne Mansfield et al would ALL have been considered obese by the BMI nonsense.
Fred Astaire would have been borderline overweight while filming “Singing in the Rain”, FCOL!
When I was in the best shape of my life I had a body mass index of 24.6. Patently absurd measurement that does not account for frame and muscle mass.
[singing] BMI? (BMI!) BMI? (BMI!)... good bye A and M...
Very true.
HOWEVER...there is no denying there are a sh!tload of overweight people in the US.
Many of them on food stamps.
I agree is not a great tool.
Notice that in both cases, their BMI's radically went up, suggesting that their final photos show people who became really fat and LESS healthy.
.....???
Do the two photos on the right really show "fat people"...?
Fred Astaire was not in Singing in the Rain!
More overly tanned than anything...
Yep, I’m one of ‘em. I’m not even “fat” but since my weight is so high compared to my height, doctors (even the ones who are looking right at me) say I’m “obese.” Doctors can be such morons.
I deal with BMI because of the IDF and routinely flunk.
I have about a 7% bodyfat and can deadlift north of 405 easily. I do a 7 minute mile as a warm up.
It’s completely stupid and based on 1970s science that we should all be stick people gay marathon runners.
I don’t need BMI info to know most fat people are unhealthy.
Dayumm..!
Big ups!
Nice work, wow.
You got me beat.
I train for an ejection seat. Very common injury is a broken back. I want all the help I can get.
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