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The study doesn't say they have more body fat. That we already know since woman are biologically prepared to do so. The study says that more woman are obese: I
by jbmorgado 10y ago
The study doesn't say they have more body fat. That we already know since woman are biologically prepared to do so.
The study says that more woman are obese: I.E.: Looking at healthy body fat in the two genders (where the healthy body fat levels for woman are already higher then men), more woman are above those levels.
- cauterized 10y agoWomen may be more predisposed to put on fat more easily, because bearing and (even more) nursing a baby both add an enormous amount to a woman's energy needs. Even today, when food isn't scarce, many women lose their "baby weight" and more while nursing. Secondly, with less testosterone, women put on and maintain muscle with less ease than men. Since muscle burns more resting calories than fat, women must restrict their calorie intake more strictly than men do - even at the same weight and activity level - if they want not to gain.
- jbmorgado 10y agoOk, again: That is already accounted for when you talk about the healthy body fat levels for each gender. The study is about people that go above these levels.
- HowardStark 10y agoI think the point he's trying to make is that while the natural level may vary between genders and be accounted for, they very likely didn't account for ease of weight gain.
- jbmorgado 10y agoWhy should they account for the "ease of weight gain"? The study is about unhealthy fat levels, not if you easily gain more fat or not. The study conclusion is simple: Obesity in men stabilized, obesity in woman is increasing.
- sarah2079 10y agoThey actually aren't adjusting for sex at all in their definition of obesity, it is just based on height and weight: "BMI was calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared, rounded to one decimal place. Obesity in adults was defined as a BMI of greater than or equal to 30."
- jbmorgado 10y agoAnd that is already actually favoring woman in the comparison since for the same BMI woman on average have more body fat and less muscle weight than men: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/index.html http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/ind... All in all the study is about how these BMI measured obesity levels are stabilizing for men but increasing for woman and there is no rational way to go around the conclusion... so I don't get why people are so against the conclusions of the study.