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It’s funny to see how defensive people are about their body fat %/bmi etc. It is objectively bad for you beyond a certain point and if that “personally offends”

It’s funny to see how defensive people are about their body fat %/bmi etc. It is objectively bad for you beyond a certain point and if that “personally offends” you it is more of a you problem than a problem with the person pointing it out. Yeah it is complicated etc but so are the reasons people smoke or drink but most people don’t give them a hug and a free pass. Take care of your health, and if taking care if your health is complicated, make it your main project in life.

raverbashing 3y ago
True And people say 'oh but BMI is not relevant' it is not if you have the physique of a (an American) Football player and even then. For most people, BMI is not too far from reality.
- alistairSH 3y ago
  Possibly while they're playing. But BMI impacts them as they age and retire. They need to be careful to change their diet, maintain exercise, and avoid getting fat - and after a lifetime of eating massive meals and lifting big, that's a really big lifestyle change that can be hard to make.
  - raverbashing 3y ago
    You're absolutely correct. It's very common to see players balloon and go overweight once they stop with the activities
dhbradshaw 3y ago
Odd to conflate body fat % with bmi though. Using the latter as a proxy for the former makes strong assumptions around how you're built (musculature, torso length to leg length, broadness of chest, arm length, etc).
- handwarmers 3y ago
  Yeah sorry for that - I was using the terms quite colloquially
ClumsyPilot 3y ago
> It’s funny to see how defensive people are about their body fat It’s funny to see how society is really busy judging you if you are fat and is also horrified you if you choose surgery to fix the problem. Or cryo. Or any medical intervention at all. I am not sure if this is puritanjan attitude, or just considered 'cheating'. People judge their friends and kids for being low energy and call it lazy, but can't even screen for vitamin D defficiency or Long covid that could be causing it.
- DiggyJohnson 3y ago
  It's because those people don't see it as addressing the root cause.
KptMarchewa 3y ago
Most people do tons of health-negative choices, but eating too much food and subsequent obesity is only one singled out because it's pretty much only one visible, outside of very heavy drug use. People are doing weird moral judgements based on that. >Yeah it is complicated etc but so are the reasons people smoke or drink but most people don’t give them a hug and a free pass. No one cares about social drinking, and smoking is considered bad because smokers stink.

raverbashing 3y ago

True And people say 'oh but BMI is not relevant' it is not if you have the physique of a (an American) Football player and even then. For most people, BMI is not too far from reality.

alistairSH 3y ago
Possibly while they're playing. But BMI impacts them as they age and retire. They need to be careful to change their diet, maintain exercise, and avoid getting fat - and after a lifetime of eating massive meals and lifting big, that's a really big lifestyle change that can be hard to make.
- raverbashing 3y ago
  You're absolutely correct. It's very common to see players balloon and go overweight once they stop with the activities

dhbradshaw 3y ago

Odd to conflate body fat % with bmi though. Using the latter as a proxy for the former makes strong assumptions around how you're built (musculature, torso length to leg length, broadness of chest, arm length, etc).

handwarmers 3y ago
Yeah sorry for that - I was using the terms quite colloquially

ClumsyPilot 3y ago

> It’s funny to see how defensive people are about their body fat It’s funny to see how society is really busy judging you if you are fat and is also horrified you if you choose surgery to fix the problem. Or cryo. Or any medical intervention at all. I am not sure if this is puritanjan attitude, or just considered 'cheating'. People judge their friends and kids for being low energy and call it lazy, but can't even screen for vitamin D defficiency or Long covid that could be causing it.

DiggyJohnson 3y ago
It's because those people don't see it as addressing the root cause.

KptMarchewa 3y ago

Most people do tons of health-negative choices, but eating too much food and subsequent obesity is only one singled out because it's pretty much only one visible, outside of very heavy drug use. People are doing weird moral judgements based on that. >Yeah it is complicated etc but so are the reasons people smoke or drink but most people don’t give them a hug and a free pass. No one cares about social drinking, and smoking is considered bad because smokers stink.