People who ‘can’t fit into jeans they wore aged 21’ risk developing diabetes

Re:People who ‘can’t fit into jeans they wore aged 21’ risk ... by Spivak on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @11:09AM (#28683697)

This is such an HN comment to take a statement that's broadly true and a good one-liner that's understandable for most people, point out an exception, and conclude that the whole thing is false, pointless and they should have phrased it super precisely to account for edge cases that people with any amount of common sense get immediately.

* If you were underweight when you were 21 you probably shouldn't strive to be underweight again.

* If you were overweight when you were 21 you probably shouldn't strive to be overweight again.

But if you're in that HUUUGE in-between where you have that pair of jeans you wore in college and really liked but now don't fit into anymore and rationalized it as "well I'm not young anymore" you are the target of this messaging. Because if you want stay healthy as you age and "slow down" putting on weight is the worst thing you could do.

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Re:People who ‘can’t fit into jeans they wore aged 21’ risk ... by browningstreet on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @11:36AM (#28684067)

I'll go one more: if your waist is bigger than your chest, you're not in good shape.

There are ways to use and abuse this rule, but it holds pretty true.

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Re:People who ‘can’t fit into jeans they wore aged 21’ risk ... by commandlinefan on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @11:53AM (#28684255)

There are bound to be a lot of people who don't WANT this to be true and will look for any possible evidence that it might not be.

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