Yes. Just about anyone who lifts weight is "obese". You put on some muscle mass, it doesn't matter how little fat you have on your body. You can be very ripped and the number from the scale will result in a finding of "obese".
Just about anyone who lifts weight is “obese”. You put on some muscle mass, it doesn’t matter how little fat you have on your body. You can be very ripped and the number from the scale will result in a finding of “obese”
The BMI caculator is not perfect but it is fairly accurate for 80% of the population who are not muscle bound athletes or outside the norm due to height.
What people we consider normal weight today are fatsos compared to 100 years ago.
Yes it is absurd. It is just some seemingly arbitrary number as to what the ideal weight should be based on your height and gender. Anyone could (and should) do the calculation and see for themselves how ridiculous it is. If you weigh more than the number you are overweight and if you weigh 5% more than that you are obese. Makes no calculation for muscle mass, bone density, or even how much fluid is in your bladder. :-)
So if they say apx 50% of covid deaths are among the obese, then that closely mirrors the general population of about 43% making it a seemingly useless statistic. Maybe slightly more likely, or maybe it’s just that the same activities that led to obesity led to greater likelihood of catching the virus. Or maybe some other factor not considered.