re: Study: using BMI is wrong, but not for the reason you think

"I mean I could get to a healthy BMI weight but I'm going to look like a cancer patient"

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Getting down to 20 is fricking ripped up for a dude.

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I would be sub 5% body fat

Not trying to be sarcastic but fasting is helping me lose when “eating better” wasn’t doing much.

Started with the 16-8 intermittent fasting, worked up to 24 hour water fast, currently near end of 48 hour water fast. I plan to do the 48 hour fast once a month (for now). Cuts fat and pounds like nothing else for me. Otherwise I pretty much eat what I want. But now I really am only hungry for 1-2 meals a day. Fasting makes you mentally see you don’t need to eat every 3-4 hours.

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It isn’t saying the low end of BMI is better than being in the middle of the healthy range

It’s simply saying being underweight on your BMI is far less dangerous than being in the overweight category

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You are the stats guy so explain it to me. When I look at the chart the lowest all cause mortality hazard is at 18.5-20.0 BMI. It moves up with both higher and lower BMIs.

I can easily see this being the case since unless a man is a true ectomorph they are going to be shredded. Most low fat guys are doing a lot of exercise and are paying close attention to their nutrition.

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Excess weight or obesity boosts risk of death by anywhere from 22% to 91%

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At what weight can I reduce my risk of death to 0%?