More than 73% of American adults are overweight or obese

Re:More than 73% of American adults are overweight or obese by zackkatz on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @03:09PM (#25574221)

Yeah I came here to say the same thing.

I’m 6’8” and if I were within the suggested range, I would be 227 pounds. I’ve been that weight and when I look at pictures of myself at that weight, I always think I look dangerously thin.

BMI is a far too simple a measure to be helpful.

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Re:More than 73% of American adults are overweight or obese by mkl on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @03:43PM (#25574696)

Your height puts you at the 99.986 percentile [1]. You are an extreme outlier, so can't possibly expect general metrics to fit well.

[1] https://tall.life/height-percentile-calculator-age-country/

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Re:More than 73% of American adults are overweight or obese by amluto on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @03:22PM (#25574403)

BMI is an absurd measurement for people whose height is outside a small range. See, for example, https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen/bmi.html

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Re:More than 73% of American adults are overweight or obese by burade on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @03:27PM (#25574477)

dangerously thin hahahha omg

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