rec.sport.football.college

OrangeDood wrote:
> A man drink like that and he don't eat, he is going to DIE,
> !
>
>> Google Beta User wrote:
>>> On Aug 10, 8:23 am, miander...@ wrote:
>>>
>>>> who(from pics I've seen) is also overweight.......there are
>>>> very very few people who are in "good shape" with a weight 35+
>>>> pounds over >their "ideal wt".........95% of the people who
>>>> try to rationalize their bmi being what it is aren't going
>>>> about it the right way
>>>
>>> BMI and "ideal weight" is crap.
>>>
>>> It doesn't take into account weight training.
>>>
>>> I'm "obese" according to the BMI.
>>
>> Studies show that having an overwieght BMI is injurious to
>> health, regardless of fitness level.
>
> Classic example of using statistics inappropriately.

Nope... statistics show that even when adjusting for confounding
factors people at similar fitness level are on average less
healthy with a higher BMI.

Certainly a fit person with a 27 BMI is likely to be healthier than
an unfit person with a BMI of 20. But given two populations of
equal fitness levels, one with an overweight BMI and one with a
normal BMI, you will see less health problems in the population
with lower BMI.

--
Aaron