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Btw I dont have snacks very often. Cheese on toast, 1 piece, is that a snack?
I have a mandarin maybe once a week to stop me getting scurvy.
Russ
I have a mandarin maybe once a week to stop me getting scurvy.
Russ
Btw I dont have snacks very often. Cheese on toast, 1 piece, is that a snack?
I have a mandarin maybe once a week to stop me getting scurvy.
Russ
I'm one inch shorter and the same weight, and I'm definitely considered overweight (but not obese), as my GP tells me every time I see her (and she's absolutely obese, but she wears it well).BTW, I am 5 foot 11 inches tall, and weigh 175 pounds, and I can almost guarantee that my BMI would put me in the overweight category.
I'm one inch shorter and the same weight, and I'm definitely considered overweight (but not obese), as my GP tells me every time I see her (and she's absolutely obese, but she wears it well).
Your numbers are inflated, and lumping overweight and obese together is pure hype, IMO. Your BMI can be 1-percent above the overweight threshold, and by your thinking, you are lumped into the same group as someone who is morbidly obese.
The actual obesity rate is too high, at 42-percent (add in overweight and it still doesn't reach 75 percent according to the CDC).
I get so tired of the whole "Americans are a bunch of lard-a$$ pigs." talk from people outside the US.
There are a lot of complicating factors in those obesity rates. Socio-economic factors paly a big part. You might think poor people would not be obese, but they make up a substantial portion of obese Americans, because they don't have access to abundance of supermarkets full of fresh food that we in the suburbs have.
Obesity rates also very by State. Poorer States have higher obesity rates. States with a highly educated population making good incomes have lower obesity rates. It's complicated.
BTW, I am 5 foot 11 inches tall, and weigh 175 pounds, and I can almost guarantee that my BMI would put me in the overweight category.
CD
Sounds about right to me. That isn't overweight. Its top of recommended weight for height in the UK.
From the CDC: FastStats and I suspect it hasn't gone down in the last 3 years. Canada and the UK isn't much better.
Percent of adults aged 20 and over with obesity: 42.5% (2017-2018
Percent of adults aged 20 and over with overweight, including obesity: 73.6% (2017-2018)
There's alwaysUS medical standards for "overweight" are pretty harsh. My ideal weight is 160 pounds. I got down to that last year for a few weeks, and I was starting to lose muscle mass. I went back to 175, and my muscles are coming back, and I feel a lot better.
I just checked the US chart for height to weight ratio, and I am right on the border of healthy and overweight. Three more pounds makes me overweight. TR, the same chart says you are 8 pounds overweight (sorry).
Now, straight height to weight numbers are not a good measure of health. Christian McCaffrey, top ranked NFL running back, is 5 foot 11, and weighs 208 pounds. He is two cheeseburgers shy of obese, according to the charts doctors use. Does he look obese to you?
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Yes CD I did........It's a legitimate argument and has been and is used ever since the BMI has been formulated, as has people that don't appear to be overweight, but are, and I'm one of those stats.. These error bars are expected and don't make a measurable difference as far as the numbers are concerned. These constantly move with the numbers and are called outliers.See my post above for "overweight."
BTW, the CDC number I saw was 68 percent. Still not great, but not as bad a 75.5 percent. Also, the stats for Canada I just looked at are not far behind those of us fat Muricans, and growing at a similar rate.
CD
My GP says she'd like me to get down to 165...Sounds about right to me. That isn't overweight. Its top of recommended weight for height in the UK.
...and that's why she says that!TR, the same chart says you are 8 pounds overweight (sorry).
Not at all. He looks fabulous.US medical standards for "overweight" are pretty harsh. My ideal weight is 160 pounds. I got down to that last year for a few weeks, and I was starting to lose muscle mass. I went back to 175, and my muscles are coming back, and I feel a lot better.
I just checked the US chart for height to weight ratio, and I am right on the border of healthy and overweight. Three more pounds makes me overweight. TR, the same chart says you are 8 pounds overweight (sorry).
Now, straight height to weight numbers are not a good measure of health. Christian McCaffrey, top ranked NFL running back, is 5 foot 11, and weighs 208 pounds. He is two cheeseburgers shy of obese, according to the charts doctors use. Does he look obese to you?
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I just checked the US chart for height to weight ratio, and I am right on the border of healthy and overweight. Three more pounds makes me overweight. TR, the same chart says you are 8 pounds overweight (sorry).