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Posted: 8/9/2020 7:23:26 PM EDT
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Ethiopia is almost dead last. I might be going to hell, but that made me chuckle a bit.
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Posted: 8/9/2020 7:24:42 PM EDT
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BMI is a bunch of BS for anyone that is remotely in shape. Drives me crazy because it caters to soy boys.
The again most people aren’t... |
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Posted: 8/9/2020 7:27:32 PM EDT
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Damn I didn’t know New Zealand was hella thicc
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Posted: 8/9/2020 7:33:06 PM EDT
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Yeah, I don't thnk you can have a BMI of 2.
A Karen put that together. And decided to Karen. |
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Posted: 8/9/2020 7:40:56 PM EDT
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We have a BMI gap...
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Posted: 8/9/2020 7:45:37 PM EDT
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BMI charts lol
I have been well in to the Obese most of my life by those charts......  Obese, I am not.... |
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Posted: 8/9/2020 7:56:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah, I don't thnk you can have a BMI of 2. A Karen put that together. And decided to Karen. Yep, to have a BMI of 2 a person 5'10" would have to weight 14 lbs.
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Posted: 8/9/2020 9:38:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yep, to have a BMI of 2 a person 5'10" would have to weight 14 lbs. Actually, a mass of 6.32 kg. BMI = mass (kg) / height ^2 (m2) = kg/m2 |
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Posted: 8/9/2020 9:53:55 PM EDT
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BMI is a fundamentally flawed measure of health, but that doesn’t change the fact that way too many Americans are embarrassingly fat.
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Posted: 8/9/2020 9:59:29 PM EDT
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Most of the world is getting fat. It is amazing how it has changed in my lifetime.
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Posted: 8/9/2020 10:03:51 PM EDT
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According to the BMI table a person 6’ tall is overweight at 185 pounds. I bet 90% of people who are 6’ in the US are over 185.
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Posted: 8/9/2020 10:03:52 PM EDT
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Regardless of the feels of ARF concerning BMI, I would stop trusting editable Wikis. Or at least look at their reference material. World Health Organization in this case.
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Posted: 8/9/2020 10:04:56 PM EDT
[#13]
You should put a trigger warning for Texans...
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Posted: 8/9/2020 10:09:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: BMI is a bunch of BS for anyone that is remotely in shape. Drives me crazy because it caters to soy boys. The again most people aren’t... This!!!! I'm about 0.5 BMI from being "Obese", because of muscle mass. Honestly!  As far as I can tell BMI is only accurate for desk jockeys. |
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Posted: 8/9/2020 10:12:53 PM EDT
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You're what, 40 or 50 years old, and you've never seen a data entry typo?
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Posted: 8/9/2020 10:15:35 PM EDT
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Body fat is where it is at! I should try and get a good measurement.
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Posted: 8/9/2020 10:16:59 PM EDT
[#17]
i have the bmi of an average ethiopian
nice |
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Posted: 8/9/2020 10:20:27 PM EDT
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Quoted: Me thinks somebody at Wikipedia has been messing with the US data. [Shocking, huh?] It's Wikipedia. You get what you pay for. Let's say you are bored and happen to be reading the warning labels on plastic bags, and see one that reads, "DANGER: Do put this on your head. Serious injury or death may occur." What are you thinking? What's your next move? |
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Posted: 8/9/2020 10:21:17 PM EDT
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US men are about 28.5 average, women are about the same.
This stretches credulity but here's the source - scroll about 1/3 the way down. |
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Posted: 8/9/2020 10:22:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Regardless of the feels of ARF concerning BMI, I would stop trusting editable Wikis. Or at least look at their reference material. World Health Organization in this case. The WHO statistics web page is down right now. That was where I went first. Here is the WHO link, if it ever comes back up. |
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Posted: 8/9/2020 10:23:20 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Ethiopia is almost dead last. I might be going to hell, but that made me chuckle a bit.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/9/2020 10:24:58 PM EDT
[#22]
Africa has cured obesity!
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Posted: 8/9/2020 10:30:54 PM EDT
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Average US female BMI is around 29.3: 5'4', 171 pounds. And that was 4 years ago. Going to guess it has worsened since.
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Posted: 8/10/2020 7:43:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Regardless of the feels of ARF concerning BMI, I would stop trusting editable Wikis. Or at least look at their reference material. World Health Organization in this case. I actually spent about an hour trying to find the WHO data that the Wikipedia is supposedly based upon. They show a link to the WHO reference down at the bottom of their screen. I found a giant WHO database on BMI but I never could find any WHO data similar to what Wikipedia references. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 7:55:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You're what, 40 or 50 years old, and you've never seen a data entry typo? No, 73 actually. Yep. Lots. But I have been told that Wikipedia has lots of folks checking for errors and typos (and deleting all conservative facts) and that any registered user can edit a post. From the Wikipedia web site: ------------------- People like you keep Wikipedia accurate. Readers verify the facts. Articles are collaboratively created and edited by a community of volunteers using reliable sources, so no single person or company owns a Wikipedia article. . . . Get involved as a Wikipedia editor. No previous experience is needed to start editing Wikipedia. ------------------ Heck, I might give it a shot. Just seems weird to me that a typo hangs around with all those controls in place. That's why I don't think it's a typo. I think it's by design. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 7:59:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: US men are about 28.5 average, women are about the same. This stretches credulity but here's the source - scroll about 1/3 the way down. Yep. Thanks. A breakdown by ethnicity in the US might be interesting . . . seeing as how obesity is a factor with Covid-19 and blacks seem to have a disproportionate rate of infection/death. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 8:03:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: According to the BMI table a person 6’ tall is overweight at 185 pounds. I bet 90% of people who are 6’ in the US are over 185. At 185 I was a rail. I am a bit heavier now. Ideally 210ish seems right m. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 8:09:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: At 185 I was a rail. I am a bit heavier now. Ideally 210ish seems right m. Remember when the movie fight club came out and Brad Pitt was all the rage with the womens, from that movie for a while? He is 6 foot tall and was 155 lbs with a BMI of 5% for the movie. I understand that muscle weighs and muscle is good, but I think lots men in the US use "soy boy" as an excuse to justify the fact that they are in fact, fat. The view has become so skewed that having a gut that isn't flat and sides that stick out instead of flat or V shaped, is incorrectly viewed as "healthy" for a man. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 8:14:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: BMI is a bunch of BS for anyone that is remotely in shape. Drives me crazy because it caters to soy boys. The again most people aren’t... You’ve got that right. I have a BMI of 28. I’m in excellent physical shape, bike and resistance train a lot. The idiots we hired on to do wellness checks at my company do all the measurements, and then plug the numbers, send me to another table to discuss the numbers with a “health coach” The health coach explains the numbers to me and then says “have you considered changing your eating habits”? After explaining BMI. I fucking laughed out loud and asked if she was serious. Then I told her no, other than I need to eat more. She couldn’t understand why I wasn’t concerned about my BMI. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 8:18:30 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/10/2020 8:18:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Damn I didn’t know New Zealand was hella thicc New Zealand is next to us as far as the health epidemic is concerned. If you have amazon prime, check out “That Sugar Film” and “Is Sugar the New Fat”? Based out of New Zealand, but it obviously applies to America since they’re basically living our diet. The state of many countries and their associated health epidemic is sad. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 8:20:18 AM EDT
[#32]
There are some serious fatasses in certain parts of the Arab world.
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Posted: 8/10/2020 8:24:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Average US female BMI is around 29.3: 5'4', 171 pounds. And that was 4 years ago. Going to guess it has worsened since. Hell...With most gyms closed, I bet the average American has gained a few pounds just in the last few months. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 8:26:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am 5'11 and 145 lbs. Ironically I just saw my doc yesterday, he said I could gain 5-10 lbs and it wouldn't hurt but that my weight is good to go. 185 at 1 inch taller than me, isn't anywhere near "rail". Remember when the movie fight club came out and Brad Pitt was all the rage with the womens, from that movie for a while? He is 6 foot tall and was 155 lbs with a BMI of 5% for the movie. I understand that muscle weighs and muscle is good, but I think lots men in the US use "soy boy" as an excuse to justify the fact that they are in fact, fat. The view has become so skewed that having a gut that isn't flat and sides that stick out instead of flat or V shaped, is incorrectly viewed as "healthy" for a man. The average lean body mass of an American male is about 143 pounds. Most people are way fucking fatter than they think they are. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 8:28:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hell...With most gyms closed, I bet the average American has gained a few pounds just in the last few months. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Average US female BMI is around 29.3: 5'4', 171 pounds. And that was 4 years ago. Going to guess it has worsened since. Hell...With most gyms closed, I bet the average American has gained a few pounds just in the last few months. Most likely so. Those numbers are 2014, I think the latest were 2017. The predictions for 2020 are grim, but the numbers aren’t out yet IIRC. We’re looking at 77% of Americans being overweight, with 42% considered obese. It’s fucking sad and disgusting. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 8:29:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The average lean body mass of an American male is about 143 pounds. Most people are way fucking fatter than they think they are. It's not any different and it is a 2 way street. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 8:30:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No, 73 actually. Yep. Lots. But I have been told that Wikipedia has lots of folks checking for errors and typos (and deleting all conservative facts) and that any registered user can edit a post. From the Wikipedia web site: ------------------- People like you keep Wikipedia accurate. Readers verify the facts. Articles are collaboratively created and edited by a community of volunteers using reliable sources, so no single person or company owns a Wikipedia article. . . . Get involved as a Wikipedia editor. No previous experience is needed to start editing Wikipedia. ------------------ Heck, I might give it a shot. Just seems weird to me that a typo hangs around with all those controls in place. That's why I don't think it's a typo. I think it's by design. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: You're what, 40 or 50 years old, and you've never seen a data entry typo? No, 73 actually. Yep. Lots. But I have been told that Wikipedia has lots of folks checking for errors and typos (and deleting all conservative facts) and that any registered user can edit a post. From the Wikipedia web site: ------------------- People like you keep Wikipedia accurate. Readers verify the facts. Articles are collaboratively created and edited by a community of volunteers using reliable sources, so no single person or company owns a Wikipedia article. . . . Get involved as a Wikipedia editor. No previous experience is needed to start editing Wikipedia. ------------------ Heck, I might give it a shot. Just seems weird to me that a typo hangs around with all those controls in place. That's why I don't think it's a typo. I think it's by design. Karen. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 8:31:25 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: BMI is a fundamentally flawed measure of health, but that doesn’t change the fact that way too many Americans are embarrassingly fat. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 9:06:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Hell...With most gyms closed, I bet the average American has gained a few pounds just in the last few months. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Average US female BMI is around 29.3: 5'4', 171 pounds. And that was 4 years ago. Going to guess it has worsened since. Hell...With most gyms closed, I bet the average American has gained a few pounds just in the last few months. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 9:10:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Aye. A guy, even if physically strong, slapping his protruding belly and proclaiming "it's ma gas tank" has somehow become the socially accepted norm. It's not really different than complaining that fat women have become more and more common in ads, in an attempt to normalize it. It's not any different and it is a 2 way street.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 9:12:22 AM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: BMI is a fundamentally flawed measure of health, but that doesn’t change the fact that way too many Americans are embarrassingly fat. The amount of land whales is too damn high. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 9:13:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Just seems weird to me that a typo hangs around with all those controls in place. That's why I don't think it's a typo. I think it's by design. No reasonable person could think that a typo of "2" where it should have read "29.2" or whatever, is a deliberate, orchestrated attempt to influence people's perceptions of BMI in the US or anywhere else in the world. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 9:15:31 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The amount of land whales is too damn high. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: BMI is a fundamentally flawed measure of health, but that doesn’t change the fact that way too many Americans are embarrassingly fat. The amount of land whales is too damn high. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 9:16:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: BMI charts lol I have been well in to the Obese most of my life by those charts...... Obese, I am not.... Ditto. Overweight, yes. Obese? Nope, not by a long shot. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 9:18:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There are no controls in place. You are the control. And you haven't fixed it. No reasonable person could think that a typo of "2" where it should have read "29.2" or whatever, is a deliberate, orchestrated attempt to influence people's perceptions of BMI in the US or anywhere else in the world. Some fat chick probably changed it. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 9:19:27 AM EDT
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I'd hate to be the place that beat out Somalia for last place.
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Posted: 8/10/2020 9:21:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Some fat chick probably changed it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: There are no controls in place. You are the control. And you haven't fixed it. No reasonable person could think that a typo of "2" where it should have read "29.2" or whatever, is a deliberate, orchestrated attempt to influence people's perceptions of BMI in the US or anywhere else in the world. Some fat chick probably changed it. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 9:23:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: New Zealand is next to us as far as the health epidemic is concerned. If you have amazon prime, check out “That Sugar Film” and “Is Sugar the New Fat”? Based out of New Zealand, but it obviously applies to America since they’re basically living our diet. The state of many countries and their associated health epidemic is sad. Pacific Islanders do not do well with a grain based diet. |
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Posted: 8/10/2020 9:23:14 AM EDT
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Only time I was ever obese by BMI I had less than 10% body fat.
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Posted: 8/10/2020 9:25:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You’ve got that right. I have a BMI of 28. I’m in excellent physical shape, bike and resistance train a lot. The idiots we hired on to do wellness checks at my company do all the measurements, and then plug the numbers, send me to another table to discuss the numbers with a “health coach” The health coach explains the numbers to me and then says “have you considered changing your eating habits”? After explaining BMI. I fucking laughed out loud and asked if she was serious. Then I told her no, other than I need to eat more. She couldn’t understand why I wasn’t concerned about my BMI. I have a dense build. 5' 11", 180 pounds, and people say I look skinny. But anyone who uses BMI says I'm overweight and I really need to exercise more and eat less. I was even getting auto-generated emails from a doctor's office once about that, because the system just blindly looked at the numbers and decided I wasn't healthy. |
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