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It's worth to note that an increase has been in real life as well as result of plastic surgery. And it's not only boob size. Same goes for men though I belive t

It's worth to note that an increase has been in real life as well as result of plastic surgery. And it's not only boob size. Same goes for men though I belive they make use of the gym& supplements. Everyone wants to look "better"/more attractive for obvious reasons(i.e better pay, better life etc)

googlryas 4y ago
I assumed boobs were getting bigger because more and more people are becoming obese.
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- adventured 4y ago
  That is the case. A lot more people have become obese since the 1980s for example. Boob sizes would naturally go with it. "The average Americans' weight change since the 1980s is startling" "The average woman, meanwhile, expanded from 152 pounds to 169 pounds while her height remained steady at just under 5 feet, 4 inches." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-weight-gain-since-1980s-startling/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-weight-gain-since-198...
  - falcolas 4y ago
    10%, I’ve gotta be honest, isn’t huge. Especially when there are other measures like malnutrition rates falling by 13% which could account for it. BMI, as an aside, is a crap measurement tool. The body-shape preferences of a Victorian man shouldn’t be used for anything more valuable than toilet paper on the modern day.
    - bsuvc 4y ago
      Saying the difference between 152 vs 169 is only 10% more is not the right way to think about it though. Here is what I mean by that: Let's say for the sake of example that the healthy target weight for that height is 135. So then 152 is 17 pounds overweight and 169 is 34 pounds overweight. 169 is twice as overweight as 152, which is a big deal: A 100% increase in how overweight people are. It may technically be accurate to say there was only a 10% increase in weight, but we don't start measuring healthy weight at 0 pounds, so it's measuring from the wrong point.
      - falcolas 4y ago
        Setting a target weight for a height is BMI. Which i still contend is a crap measurement. Have decent muscle mass, you’re obese. Live a sedentary lifestyle but hit the weight target? Perfectly healthy. So stupid.
        googlryas 4y ago
        It's crap but it works for most people. I'm not sure many people can even develop the musculature to mess up a BMI measurement unless they are trying really hard
        falcolas 4y ago
        BMI takes nothing but height and sex into account. It's the laziest possible evaluation of someone that's based off two numbers. But that laziness is also why it's so popular, because it takes no effort to produce a judgement over someone. Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters fame was 185# at 5'8" while on the show (according to some filmed weigh-ins). According to BMI calculations, he's overweight and trending towards obese. And I wouldn't say he's trying very hard to build muscle, he just has a physical job and works out. It's crap, even for "average" people.
        googlryas 4y ago
        Looking at Jamie from 10 years ago, he looks like he has a lot of visceral fat, as well as a smallish pair of man boobs. If he doesn't seem overweight to you, that might just be because we have so many people these days who are actually obese. Take Jamie to China and people would probably call him fat.

googlryas 4y ago

I assumed boobs were getting bigger because more and more people are becoming obese.

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adventured 4y ago
That is the case. A lot more people have become obese since the 1980s for example. Boob sizes would naturally go with it. "The average Americans' weight change since the 1980s is startling" "The average woman, meanwhile, expanded from 152 pounds to 169 pounds while her height remained steady at just under 5 feet, 4 inches." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-weight-gain-since-1980s-startling/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-weight-gain-since-198...
- falcolas 4y ago
  10%, I’ve gotta be honest, isn’t huge. Especially when there are other measures like malnutrition rates falling by 13% which could account for it. BMI, as an aside, is a crap measurement tool. The body-shape preferences of a Victorian man shouldn’t be used for anything more valuable than toilet paper on the modern day.
  - bsuvc 4y ago
    Saying the difference between 152 vs 169 is only 10% more is not the right way to think about it though. Here is what I mean by that: Let's say for the sake of example that the healthy target weight for that height is 135. So then 152 is 17 pounds overweight and 169 is 34 pounds overweight. 169 is twice as overweight as 152, which is a big deal: A 100% increase in how overweight people are. It may technically be accurate to say there was only a 10% increase in weight, but we don't start measuring healthy weight at 0 pounds, so it's measuring from the wrong point.
    - falcolas 4y ago
      Setting a target weight for a height is BMI. Which i still contend is a crap measurement. Have decent muscle mass, you’re obese. Live a sedentary lifestyle but hit the weight target? Perfectly healthy. So stupid.
      - googlryas 4y ago
        It's crap but it works for most people. I'm not sure many people can even develop the musculature to mess up a BMI measurement unless they are trying really hard
        falcolas 4y ago
        BMI takes nothing but height and sex into account. It's the laziest possible evaluation of someone that's based off two numbers. But that laziness is also why it's so popular, because it takes no effort to produce a judgement over someone. Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters fame was 185# at 5'8" while on the show (according to some filmed weigh-ins). According to BMI calculations, he's overweight and trending towards obese. And I wouldn't say he's trying very hard to build muscle, he just has a physical job and works out. It's crap, even for "average" people.
        googlryas 4y ago
        Looking at Jamie from 10 years ago, he looks like he has a lot of visceral fat, as well as a smallish pair of man boobs. If he doesn't seem overweight to you, that might just be because we have so many people these days who are actually obese. Take Jamie to China and people would probably call him fat.