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Nobody who is jacked has ever been considered obese. This weird "gotcha" about bodybuilders and alike having the BMI of an obese person and being healthy is a m
by AstixAndBelix 4y ago
Nobody who is jacked has ever been considered obese. This weird "gotcha" about bodybuilders and alike having the BMI of an obese person and being healthy is a meaningless edge cases that tries to stray away discussions.
The vast majority of people are not gym rats, thus their BMI roughly corresponds to their fat levels, correctly approximating overweightness and obesity.
- stametseater 4y agoIn fact BMI actually underestimates obesity for most of the population. > BMI characterized 26% of the subjects as obese, while DXA indicated that 64% of them were obese. 39% of the subjects were classified as non-obese by BMI, but were found to be obese by DXA. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0033308 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... Discussed earlier this month: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34854496 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34854496
- wkat4242 4y agoAre bodybuilders really healthy though? I'm sure it's healthier than being obese but the kind of pressure they put on their body, I wonder if that doesn't cause problems. Like with most things done in extreme amounts of course. Many top athletes also have major issues later in life. And that's not even mentioning the hormones..