America facing a "big" problem

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I think I will open a "plus-size" Burka store in Riyadh.

The solution is to make people catch or harvest their own food. If we had to chase around a deer for two days in the mountians and take it down with an atlatl there would be a lot less obesity.
 
MTAFFI said:
My BMI is 16.**, I didnt use your calculator thing because if you have muscle that thing doesnt account for it (or the ones I have seen usually dont). I take my fitness pretty seriously, I got that 16% number from a guy at a gym I go to, he used the thing to pinch me under my arm, my stomach, backs of my legs, etc. and then he calculated it. I am 205 and 6 feet 2, if you simply put that in your calculater it would probably say I am overweight, but in real life I would say I am probably more fit than 90% of the people around me
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Right..I think you are talking about "body fat percentage" measurements using a "skin-fold caliper". This is a failry accurate way to etimate body fat percentage. It is different from BMI which is based solely on height and weight and is desinged to be very easy to measure.

A "body fat percentage" of 16 is in the "fit" range for men, whereas a BMI up to 25 is "normal" :sunny:
 
The_Prince said:
wow! 75% will be overweight! i dont think thats actually possible, what counts as over weight.

saudia arabia is having same problems also.
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Just being a pound (2.2 lbs or pounds is equal to 1 Kilogram) over what is considered average (which is considered skinny or slighly puny to about 80% of people worldwide) is considered overweight.

Being muscular is considered overweight. The Great Khali who is obviously not fat can be considered overweight.

Now since we have taken care of that issue, let me address some weight labels to better understand these overweight issues. This if of course disacknowledging muscle tissue, which should be counted seperately.
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"Documented area of Anorexic"

Anorexic = More than 50 pounds underweight

Puny = 50.0 to 20.1 pounds underweight

"Documented area of Average, not true to public opinion"

"Documented Area of Obesity" = 1 pound over documented Average

Skinny = 20.0 to 10.1 pounds underweight

Under Average = -10.0 to 1.0 pound underweight

Truly Average = -0.9 to 0.9 of a pound overweight

Over Average = 1.0 to 10.0 pounds overweight

Chubby = 10.1 to 20.0 pounds overweight

Stout = 20.1 to 50.0 pounds overweight

Fat = 50.1 to 99.9 pounds overweight

Truly Obese = 100.0 and above pounds overweight


Weight is really more like a three dimensional issue. First dimension is about how many pounds of fat one has over or below actual average. The second dimension is about how many pounds of muscle one has over or below actual average. The final dimension should be about their body structure, shape, and size, which has the largest overall part in determining where one's average may be best located.

FYI, obese is an adjective commonly used to describe someone that looks porportional to a whale. Therefore, it is a very sensitive word that should be used in its actual context. Also, most Americans fit the Average to Fat area (about sixty percent). The remainder is highly concentrated in the Average to Skinny area with some fitting in the extremes. What is truly a problem for America are these false medical accusations based entirely off of profit and fraud.
 
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Anyone seen that documentary "Supersize Me" , Subhan Allah I felt so disgusted while watching that.

Obesity is the 2nd greatest cause of preventable death (behind smoking, i think)!

May Allah protect us from it!
 

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