25% of U.S. adults are not active enough to protect their health

Re:25% of U.S. adults are not active enough to protect their... by chaosbutters314 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @10:39AM (#30072981)

I'm "obese" my medical standards but wear a size men's medium with a 34 waist simply because I workout a lot. BMI is a terrible estimator for anyone that lifts heavy weights. I can still run a mile in under 8 minutes too.

I'm always shocked the medical community still uses BMI in 2022.

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Re:25% of U.S. adults are not active enough to protect their... by cecilpl2 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @10:50AM (#30073152)

BMI is not useful as an individual metric, but as a population-wide average.

I don't think anyone would argue that you should lose weight because your BMI is high, nor does anyone believe that the obesity epidemic in America is due to vast swaths of the population suddenly becoming powerlifters.

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Re:25% of U.S. adults are not active enough to protect their... by thakoppno on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @10:46AM (#30073093)

According to CDC’s definition Joe Biden is overweight with a BMI of 25.

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Re:25% of U.S. adults are not active enough to protect their... by grandmczeb on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @11:28AM (#30073780)

If you see him without a suit he definitely has a belly, so classifying him as very slightly overweight seems correct?

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