More than 73% of American adults are overweight or obese

KuntaKinte

Jan 4, 2021

SHAQUILLE

I said this s*** pages ago. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439

NPR opinion piece doesn't matter

SlicedBread 🍞

Jan 4, 2021

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Tag me next time hoe

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Jan 4, 2021

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KuntaKinte

BMI's issues are for reasons you didn't even mention. In fact I'm the only one mentioning them.
For the vast majority of people, BMI is a pretty accurate determination of whether they're most likely obese or overweight.

Heart disease is the most common cause of death in America with the leading factors being type 2 diabetes and obesity(And no this isn't saying its the only factors). So even taking into account BMI's inaccuracies. Why would you care lmmao. America clearly has a problem with the diseases that commonly result from obesity, hypertension, diabetes etc etc

BMI doesn't factor in body fat, but you'll know if your overweight or not if your muscle mass is high enough to alter your BMI. Hell you most likely actively engage in athletic endeavors or were in fact a former athlete. And yeah, no one is just naturally going to be born getting overweight BMI's despite having low body fat without doing any exercise.

That's not how biology works unless you have some myostatin mutation.

like imsgine its like 30% off thats still 43% being overweight which is alot

plants 🌻

Jan 4, 2021

Why the f*** yall still arguing like go for a walk or something goddamn

KuntaKinte

Jan 4, 2021

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like imsgine its like 30% off thats still 43% being overweight which is alot

Fr, niggas who argue against BMI like bro we know it has its inaccuracies. It's a rule of thumb. Doctors aren't getting calipers every day to give you accurate body fat measurements. How many fat niggas u think they see daily?

S*** is redundant. Half you niggas know damn well if your overweight or obese. BMI is just a quick shorthand.

It's always some dude going

getting mad about BMIs like we don't have an actual obesity epidemic.

Everyone who gets heated knows damn well they're not obese or overweight. I work out and my BMI is prob not accurate which is why I use body fat or better yet just look in the mirror lmao.

Dude posted an opinion piece from NPR

Nigga the UK uses BMI. F*** the WHO uses it

People complaining about BMI, when we got real people going blind, dying, etc out here from type 2 diabetes. We geddit bro ur not fat

santi

Jan 4, 2021

That’s crazy wow

im protesting

Jan 4, 2021

KuntaKinte

Ok but you realize for the last 3 posts, I've said BMI doesn't account for body fat.

Also in your earlier post you said this

Fam, thats not how statistics work and the plural of "Anecdote" is not "Data"

So me going "Well 73 percent of people I see(?) aren't fat" doesn't mean anything. What would matter is how they obtained their data

omg light mode my eyes

GhostDeini718

Jan 4, 2021

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27% gang grrrrrr

Tomorrow 🪄

Jan 4, 2021

GhostDeini718

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KuntaKinte

Jan 4, 2021

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Can't believe niggas brought up Race in a thread about BMI.

These the niggas who post online talking about Black Americans having an extra tendon
This is why America has an obesity crisis. Niggas gotta stop pedaling disinfo.
No one's gonna say your Doctors know literally everything about nutrition but like at some point you can tell if you're overweight or not come on.

And niggas believing s*** like Samoans are naturally big. Nigga, Samoans have the highest rates of obesity and diabetes. Lmao what?

S*** just sounds like massive COPE for niggas who could easily look in a mirror and go "Yeah I'm not fat" getting mad at a quick shorthand for approximating whether someone is in a healthy weight range.

Americans need to learn about nutrition and not that 70s avoid fats s*** but about following the nutrition info and following serving sizes.

All I'm gonna say is BMI isn't crazy accurate. There are issues in BMI and what it tries to predict like heart disease, diabetes risk, etc but like you niggas know when your fat. So for most of you niggas BMI is accurate as hell stop capping.
Doctors are lazy for sticking too it but again, lets not cap. Ol 42W Husky pants wearing ass niggas

And yes there are genetic differences in how one carries fat. But unless you're Southeast Asian, you being in the bare minimum of a BMI range isn't going to kill you

Like most people complain about BMI calling them fat when they're not. I've only heard one group come out with fierce studies about how the BMI cutoffs aren't early enough. And while I would prefer body fat calipers to BMI as a measure of obesity risk. Niggas bellyaching over this s*** is corny. Americans got diabetes foot b****ing about BMI. Tf, grown ass men

tl;dr The issue with BMI more than anything is calling fat niggas skinny. Stop with the "I'm not fat" COPE

Jesus Is Lord

Jan 4, 2021