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Re:Energy Compensation and Adiposity in Humans by jobigoud on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:37PM (#28646209)
> the number of years lost to obesity is not that much

Compared to what? To merely overweight people, to normal BMI range of 18-25, or to optimal BMI range of 20-22?

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Re:Energy Compensation and Adiposity in Humans by paulpauper on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:57PM (#28646451)
average BMI.
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Re:Energy Compensation and Adiposity in Humans by jobigoud on Saturday September 25, 2021 @04:33AM (#28651545)
But the average BMI is already counting obese and overweight people so it's biased if you want to compare lethality or numbers of years lost to a baseline.

Consider if everyone was obese, with your calculation you would say the number of years lost is zero.

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