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.
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.
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.
Our son was placed on the “fat boy” meal plan in Marine boot camp until someone decided to use caliper measurements rather than BMI height/weight tables.
Turns out a high school defensive lineman who joins up 2 years later might just have a bit more muscle than typical. Having a 9% BFP is not such a bad thing after all.
I have always been considered overweight based on BMI. Even when I ran track, played soccer and swam and was in super good shape. It’s always been dumb, in my book.
BMI. Bacon, Mayonaise and Ice Cream. (Blue Bell)
In my prime I was 6’2” and 220 pounds with a 33 inch waist. I ran and worked out all the time. According to the metro-sexual height to weight charts a 6’2” man should weigh between 170 and 180. That would have made me a scarecrow.
BMI is BS.
Forget the stupid “indexes”. Just go climb 3 flights of stairs at a brisk pace. If your chest is pounding, or you feel like you need to lie down, you are out of shape.
If you feel invigorated, or maybe just a little winded, then you are probably fine.
Obesity is like pornography: You know it when you see it.
The current problem with the BMI is that it is prevalent and simplistic. 2 measurements and bingo, you have a number. The future problem with BMI is, like many others have worried about, you, as a health consumer, are statistically locked by that BMI number, frequently without recourse. It is easy to contemplate a monolithic and statistically-oriented mandated health care system use such an easy number to control costs by basing treatment options upon the BMI.
The concept of fair treatment proliferates where different providers compete to deliver services. Such conditions encourage looking beyond singular indexes to find niche advantages. One-Size-Fits-All monoliths have no need for such messy and inefficient efforts - Nurse knows best!
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Bottom line, statistics PROVE that EVERYONE who ever ate vegetables will eventually DIE!