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Re:More than 73% of American adults are overweight or obese by Clubber on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @03:58PM (#25574913)
As the country gets more fit, and that fat turns into muscle, what happens to the BMI? It either gets higher or stays the same, right? Certainly a good measure to perpetuate a crisis.
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Re:More than 73% of American adults are overweight or obese by t-writescode on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @04:21PM (#25575187)
Let's cross that bridge when we get there.

In the meantime, I more regularly see the people whose BMI is highly correlated with their body fat percentage; and, one of those requires a scale and a number that doesn't change after your early 20s. The other one requires a tape measure, calipers or an immersion pool.

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