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butane_candelabra t1_iupqr4a wrote

Reply to comment by Rainstorme in New research from the University of Vermont finds the most viewed content on TikTok relating to food, nutrition and weight perpetuates a toxic diet culture among teens and young adults and that expert voices are largely missing from the conversation by Wagamaga

There's also the waist-to-height ratio, which should be between 0.4 and 0.5. I'm 5'10", so I should be around a 28-35" waist. 0.5-0.6 is increased risk and 0.6+ is danger zone.

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Altruistic-Goose5114 t1_iuq3xtf wrote

Waist/height ratio is much better for determining individual health, BMI was originally meant for a population.

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