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It’s gotten to the point where doctors are no longer strongly pushing meeting all the RDIs for eating healthy and exercising if you’d otherwise be working, sinc
by Alex3917 8y ago
It’s gotten to the point where doctors are no longer strongly pushing meeting all the RDIs for eating healthy and exercising if you’d otherwise be working, since (absent other risk factors) how much earning power you have at 35 is a better predictor of your total life expectancy than whatever amount of permanent damage you’d do to your body before then.
- st26 8y agoThat sounds very anecdotal.
- Alex3917 8y agoAlmost definitely. I'm seeing this move toward pragmatism across medicine though. E.g. even my infant daughter is getting recommendations from her pediatrician that don't adhere strictly to the AAP or WHO guidelines.
- jtuente 8y agoUmm, isn't that why they're called guidelines instead of rules or laws? They're a generalized solution for the populace at large which may be adjusted for individuals as their needs differ. Comparatively, BMI is a guideline and body fat/cholesterol/activity levels/nutrition intake are the more important drivers to health that determine what changes need to be made for improvement.