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<blockquote data-quote="iluvatar5150" data-source="post: 61402102" data-attributes="member: 313046"><p>BMI has known flaws - it works best for people of average size, but as you've pointed out, it overstates obesity for very athletic people. It does the same for very tall people, because tall body sizes don't scale by the same proportions that the formula uses. I'm 6'5" and it puts my ideal body weight around 180 lb, which is silly. IIRC, it also understates obesity for very short people (I could be wrong about that).</p><p></p><p>But for average people, it's a decent guideline. A person who weighs 175 @ 5'10" has a gut. It's not a huge, disgusting gut, but it's a gut.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Huge? No, probably not, but it's definitely non-zero and it's unnecessary. I was 225 for several years and peaked at 235, and I could see it starting to have an effect on my health. For one thing, my knee hurts much less now that I weigh less.</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Your first link isn't working, but going off your summary of it, that's only an increased risk of death. That doesn't mention an increase in medical expenses for treatable conditions.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>How many people look like pro wrestlers?</p><p></p><p>-Dan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iluvatar5150, post: 61402102, member: 313046"] BMI has known flaws - it works best for people of average size, but as you've pointed out, it overstates obesity for very athletic people. It does the same for very tall people, because tall body sizes don't scale by the same proportions that the formula uses. I'm 6'5" and it puts my ideal body weight around 180 lb, which is silly. IIRC, it also understates obesity for very short people (I could be wrong about that). But for average people, it's a decent guideline. A person who weighs 175 @ 5'10" has a gut. It's not a huge, disgusting gut, but it's a gut. Huge? No, probably not, but it's definitely non-zero and it's unnecessary. I was 225 for several years and peaked at 235, and I could see it starting to have an effect on my health. For one thing, my knee hurts much less now that I weigh less. Your first link isn't working, but going off your summary of it, that's only an increased risk of death. That doesn't mention an increase in medical expenses for treatable conditions. How many people look like pro wrestlers? -Dan. [/QUOTE]
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