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re: Waist circumference
Posted on 8/20/22 at 11:04 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
Posted on 8/20/22 at 11:04 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
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BMI is a longevity health measurement not really healthy now. Muscle skews it bad
Can you elaborate? BMI is an indicator on how long you'll live?
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Posted on 8/20/22 at 11:12 am to Seen
I think waist to height ratio is a lot better indicator of longer term health issues than BMI.
Having said that, people tend to interpret “BMI isn’t accurate for extremely muscular and athletic people” as “I lift weights sometimes so I’m not fat as frick at 30BMI”. When what that means is you might not be overweight at 26 BMI.
It is harder to ignore that optimal fitness for a 6’ person is a 36” waist or less. You still run into the issue of people cheating the tape measure though…
Having said that, people tend to interpret “BMI isn’t accurate for extremely muscular and athletic people” as “I lift weights sometimes so I’m not fat as frick at 30BMI”. When what that means is you might not be overweight at 26 BMI.
It is harder to ignore that optimal fitness for a 6’ person is a 36” waist or less. You still run into the issue of people cheating the tape measure though…
This post was edited on 8/20/22 at 11:14 am
Posted on 8/20/22 at 2:03 pm to Seen
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Can you elaborate? BMI is an indicator on how long you'll live?
More you weigh, harder it is on the body. Muscle is great but it adds pounds. It’s just a metric to use and doesn’t account for everything. A low bmi person could have terrible cardio health while a 200lb 6’0 person could run all day. The 200lbs will subtract from longevity but the increased fitness will add to longevity.
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