> Many sportsmen and soldiers are obese to significantly obese That may be so when measured by BMI. That's a really crappy metric, since it holds muscle mass a

> Many sportsmen and soldiers are obese to significantly obese That may be so when measured by BMI. That's a really crappy metric, since it holds muscle mass against you. That is, really developed count against you. And since muscle is much denser, it's as if they've got lots of fat. IMHO, we'd be better tracking body fat %. Of course, even that's less-than-perfect. Subcutaneous fat may be unsightly, but it's not dangerous to health. It's the fat around your organs that's bad for you.