You have to admit. I was very clinical in my questions and comments.
Posted on 08/30/2006 12:17:45 PM PDT by Bushwacker777
I'm not sure. I picked this shot up here on FR. Some other folks think it's Photoshopped?
Anyone who eats Cheetos with grape soda should be banned from fertility treatments
There's no short word for opposite of obese. What would it be: "unbese?"
Obesity has become quite an industry for some. Each year they manage to change the definition for obesity so that they can included more and more people in their stats. As to the ban on fertility treatments for fat women, maybe a ban on the skinny, the stupid and the twisted would also be in order.
Lose the 'n', I think: "ubese" as in "ibese, ubese, weallbese but obese..."
Well, if you were going for gross, here's your cigar...
You have to admit. I was very clinical in my questions and comments.
Skinny.
By your leave, I have added that to my Taglne list (and I think it will be next).
No problem!
So which is dumber, the Body Mass Index or the recommendation about fertility treatments based on it?
The dimensions for the BMI are [mass][length]^-2.
From what I understand, this model correlates well to body fat %, at least compared to using [length]^-1 or [length]^-3. The response is more linear. However, I can see why you would be tempted to use [length]^-3 since that would be analagous to volume. Howver, human volume is not represented modeled by a cube of volume height^3.
The calculation in metric is:
[weight (kg) / height (m) / height (m)]
And in pounds/inches it is:
[weight (lb) / height (in) / height (in)] x 703
Where the 703 is the conversion factor to go from metric to pounds-inches.
To answer your question, I believe the BMI is an empirically determined model that best fits observation. However, it is a very poor model because it assumes constant muscle mass. THat's particularly bad for athletic men, who could easily be considered obese even if they have a 34" waist. For example, Bradd Pitt and Harrison Ford are considerd obese by BMI standards. The BMI is just a lazy way of stimating body fat content.
Good you're not king for a day either, because I've had my kids at way over that with no complications, babies and mom in perfect health.
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