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Instead of simply stating weight, how about tissue composition? Muscle vs bone vs fat?
by GreaterFool 11y ago
Instead of simply stating weight, how about tissue composition? Muscle vs bone vs fat?
- adevine 11y agoWeight and height are easy to accurately measure - tissue composition not so much. And while tissue composition is important for individuals, at a societal level, BMI (ratio of weight to height) is good enough because it's easy to show that the vast, vast majority of the change is due to people getting fatter. It's not like half of American women became bodybuilders.
- dec0dedab0de 11y agoIt's not like half of American women became bodybuilders. No, but it has become socially acceptable for women to be visually muscular. In the 70s, a body conscious woman would not likely be lifting weights and drinking protein powders.
- adevine 11y agoThe number of "visually muscular" women contributing to the rise in the average US female body weight is essentially a rounding error.