Adult Obesity Prevalence Nearly Matches Heart Disease Deaths [OC]Submitted by orgborger t3_124sau9 in dataisbeautiful
zombienudist t1_je1a7t1 wrote
Reply to comment by Marksd9 in Adult Obesity Prevalence Nearly Matches Heart Disease Deaths [OC] by orgborger
It isn't flawed for most people. What most people see as a flaw is that BMI doesn't work for aberrations. So you are a body builder that BMI says is obese when you are 10% body fat. But very few people are bodybuilders.
That is why there is a range of weight for each section. And there are many other ways to measure your health. You can take measurements for example. Or use hip to waist ratio But take it from a guy that said that BMI was BS for much of their adult life that I was wrong. For most people it is a good guideline. I said that because I didn't want to face the fact that I was overweight from the time I was 25 on.
Marksd9 t1_je1pqmd wrote
That makes some sense to me, some outlying body types can throw the data (although I’m given pause given that some of those outliers include entire ethnicities).
But even given more accurate testing we can all observe that some larger people are more active and eat more healthily than many skinnier people.
Given that conclusion, just how useful is body size as a measure of health?
zombienudist t1_je1ua9m wrote
Again there are always outliers. That is why you don't just use one method. But it is clear to me looking back that I was lying to myself about my health and weight. Many, many people are. I know the things I said about BMI and I did that because I didn't want to face my own issues. It was easier to think that BMI was BS then to actually look at it seriously and use it as just one way to assess your health. If you are the outlier then you just use something else.
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