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To: CheshireTheCat
“Having a body mass index of between 30 and 34 makes a person almost twice as likely to be admitted to ICU as someone with a BMI under 30”

one MAJOR exception to this is someone who has a high muscle mass, whether naturally or by working out. You can have a high BMI and still have a low body fat ratio. The heavyweight body champ of the world, if shorter, would be considered greatly overweight or obese under pure BMI protocols.

7 posted on 05/06/2020 11:57:06 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: circlecity

Yes, I agree that the BMI scales have problems, but there are more and more people in many countries who shovel far too much food into their body. We’ve all seen the evidence of this at grocery stores when we watch the people ahead of us unload their carts.


8 posted on 05/06/2020 12:04:36 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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To: circlecity

yep.

The BMI charts show that I’d have to lose like 50 pounds.

Which I guarantee you ...would be EXTREMELY unhealthy, perhaps even inviting death. Certainly would crash the immune system.


10 posted on 05/06/2020 12:07:52 PM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: circlecity

BMI = Bogus Measuring Index


11 posted on 05/06/2020 12:08:10 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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