Re:More than 73% of American adults are overweight or obese
by orwin on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @03:20PM
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I disagree.
Using BMI to gauge the obesity of an individual is lazy, but for a population, its quite okay.
How many people are more than 6'5" in a population? How many athletes? And even athletes sometime are overweight! A 6'5", 29 BMI NFL LB might be healthy, but the 32 BMI lineman with the same size will have the same problem as obese people once he's 35, discounting injuries.
Using BMI to gauge the obesity of an individual is lazy, but for a population, its quite okay.
How many people are more than 6'5" in a population? How many athletes? And even athletes sometime are overweight! A 6'5", 29 BMI NFL LB might be healthy, but the 32 BMI lineman with the same size will have the same problem as obese people once he's 35, discounting injuries.