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Re:The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with l... by kccqzy on Sunday April 28, 2024 @05:07PM (#40191918)
You are obese, but you don't want to admit it. Or more likely perhaps you are used to seeing so many other people being far more visibly obese than you that you honestly don't see yourself as obese. Regardless, it's a big problem in America.
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Re:The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with l... by hollywood_court on Sunday April 28, 2024 @05:10PM (#40191965)
Or perhaps I lift weights?
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Re:The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with l... by kccqzy on Sunday April 28, 2024 @07:30PM (#40192947)
Then congrats you are among the tiny minority for whom BMI is not an accurate measure of obesity. You are simply unlike 99% of the people for whom BMI obesity means they are actually obese.

That however doesn't detract from the argument in this thread that Americans are being more obese and that affects their vehicle choice.

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Re:The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with l... by hollywood_court on Sunday April 28, 2024 @07:36PM (#40192986)
BMI is actually rather inaccurate when measuring obesity in athletic individuals such as myself.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445161/#:~:tex....

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