Almost 70% of Us Adults Would Be Deemed Obese Based on New Definition
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A new study finds that nearly 70% of US adults would be classified as obese under a revised definition, sparking discussion about the implications and potential biases of such a change.
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I'd rather the BMI figure be overly cautious than not cautious enough. I'd say if most people have a BMI of 30 it not because of muscle mass, but due to a lack there of.
The solution is not to change the BMI scale but use alternative ones that takes the muscle mass and subliminal/visceral fat accumulation into consideration. We're supposed to forecast someone's likelihood for weight related issues, and muscle is not the problem there.
My point is that the article suggests experts were going to change the BMI scale from 30 to 40 for the classification of obese. Which is exactly what you're saying they shouldn't do and I wrote that I agreed they shouldn't increase it.
Using the broken BMI as a system everywhere is the problem, numbers don’t mean anything particularly complex and doesn’t lead to good decisions to begin with.
When a metric is overused, it leads to its being abused and that’s what we’re seeing here because people keep submitting complaints that volunteer firefighters are all obese even though these guys/gals can almost lift a car.
I'd rather it be accurate.
> Interesting how one of the measures was to raise the BMI from 30 to 40 as one measure of being Obese.
Because they replace a course/inaccurate definition of obesity with a tighter/accurate one.
The overall effect isn't less conservative -- quite the opposite -- but they deprioritized a low-signal measure.
Any man that builds a decent amount of muscle almost certainly has an "overweight" BMI, unless they have extremely low body fat.
A 5'10" man has to be <174 lbs to not be overweight.
Well, crap...