"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> On 6/8/2016 8:49 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
>>
>> I think also that the guidelines are more Hollywood than healthy. The
>> last time
>> they were revised, someone 10 pounds over their "chart" weight would be
>> obese. It's ridiculous.
>
> I looked up the definition of obese by CDC standards. They
> talk about BMI, which is one dumb way of determining one's
> fitness level.
>
> I'm still wondering where they are getting the numbers. From
> doctor records? Because don't obese people land there more often,
> that would skew the results.
>

BMI is suspect. When my husband was in the military he always failed the
BMI tests but he didn't have an ounce of spare fat on him. He did however
have a lot of muscle which weighs heavy. Those tests never allowed for
that.

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