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Weight as Main Measure of Health May Be Misguided
- kirse 18y agoThis article is so ridiculous: "Why is it such a stretch of the imagination", he said, "to consider that someone overweight or obese might actually be healthy and fit?" You're not going to be maximally fit if you're obese, I think everyone knows that. Summary: BMI sucks when measuring overall healthiness. A jacked-up bodybuilder could have 6% body-fat but be labeled "obese" under BMI standards. Also, this treadmill test they're doing is a classic method used to measure someone's Vo2-Max, except for Vo2-Max you're hooked up to an apparatus and get pushed until you fail. So it's at least a pretty decent indicator of overall fitness.