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BMI isn't a good indicator for obesity for individuals with higher muscle mass, this issue surfaces multiple times a year, because a lot of manual labor profess
by itopaloglu83 1y ago
BMI isn't a good indicator for obesity for individuals with higher muscle mass, this issue surfaces multiple times a year, because a lot of manual labor professionals and law enforcement shows up as obese in their annual checkups.
The solution is not to change the BMI scale but use alternative ones that takes the muscle mass and subliminal/visceral fat accumulation into consideration. We're supposed to forecast someone's likelihood for weight related issues, and muscle is not the problem there.
- NoPicklez 1y agoYes I am well aware of that and I did mention that in my comment as we've been saying that for decades that BMI isn't a great indicator. My point is that the article suggests experts were going to change the BMI scale from 30 to 40 for the classification of obese. Which is exactly what you're saying they shouldn't do and I wrote that I agreed they shouldn't increase it.
- itopaloglu83 1y agoNot every reply is trying to rebuke what you said, some can add context that not everybody knows. Using the broken BMI as a system everywhere is the problem, numbers don’t mean anything particularly complex and doesn’t lead to good decisions to begin with. When a metric is overused, it leads to its being abused and that’s what we’re seeing here because people keep submitting complaints that volunteer firefighters are all obese even though these guys/gals can almost lift a car.