Overweight and healthy is a big fat lie, obesity study finds

Re:Overweight and healthy is a big fat lie, obesity study finds by david_allison on Saturday January 23, 2021 @08:26PM (#25887958)

Typically BMI (mass/height^2), which hasn't changed.

Excluding the fact that average height has increased gradually over time.

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Re:Overweight and healthy is a big fat lie, obesity study finds by projektfu on Saturday January 23, 2021 @09:04PM (#25888266)

I believe they have changed the cut-offs because they noticed that cardiovascular issues started to occur at lower BMI than previously thought.

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Re:Overweight and healthy is a big fat lie, obesity study finds by david_allison on Saturday January 23, 2021 @09:21PM (#25888391)

I didn't know this. Thanks!

It was lowered in July 1998 ("overweight" was reduced to 25 from men: 27 and women: 28)

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