[LMB] Type 1 diabetes, was Rise of the Medications was OT: if civilization fell

[quietann]

On Feb 8, 2008 1:37 AM, Mark Allums <mark at allums.com> wrote:
>
> This is why the BMI is divided into *ranges*.  I put my own goal for BMI
> at the very top end of the Normal range.  I am a bit on the
> broad-shouldered side, and was fairly muscular, back in the day.  190
> was a reasonable weight for me then.  Now, 165 might be closer to
> reality, with the loss of muscle mass/tone I've had over the past 25
> years.  Then my BMI wouldn't have been in line with the guidelines.  I
> was an athlete.
>

Did you know that the boundaries of what is considered overweight and
obese were adjusted a few years back?

Also -- knowing my *very big boned frame*, at my "perfect" weight (as
far as fitness and not being visibly bony) I would still be considered
overweight according to the BMI.  I currently skirt the boundary
between overweight and obese, but don't know anyone who looks at me
and thinks I am obese.

If anyone remembers those old tables based on life insurance data,
where men and women were separated and the ranges varied by bone size,
I was only slightly overweight according to them.

-- 
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