C.D.C

[sweetsmith78 60]

Want to know about peoples opinion.

on the C.D.C weight guide?

[catwoman7 11,220]

looks like the standard BMI range. The PA at my clinic said bariatric patients often look 10 lbs lighter than they are because even though we lose bone and muscle along with fat, you're always going to have more bone and muscle than someone who's never been obese. You needed that "infrastructure" to hold up all that weight - and even though you lose a lot of it while you're losing fat, you're still going to have more/heavier bones and muscles than someone who's always been normal weight. So long way of saying, my clinic is fine with people who end up "overweight" or "class I obese" (which is actually not very obese - we're talking like 20 or 30 lbs). They'd consider that pretty normal.

[SpartanMaker 894]

Yea, typical stupid BMI based guides.

Fun (or not so fun), fact: BMI was never meant to tell anyone what they should weigh. It was developed almost 200 years ago by a Belgian mathematician (not a doctor), that was looking to define the normal curve for weight distribution across the human population. The formula is basically your weight in kilograms divided by your height in metres squared.

It's an excellent tool for scientific analysis on large groups of people where "averages" matter. Using it as a guideline for what any single individual should weigh is nuts though!

BMI doesn't take into account frame size, bone density, race (yes, BMI is racist), muscle mass, medical history, or anything else on an individual level that might account for a variation in weight. As an example, did you know that competitive male bodybuilders (with bodyfat percentages around 4-8%), are almost all considered "obese" or even "morbidly obese" based on BMI alone?

Anyone trying to use a BMI chart to determine what they "should" weigh is well advised to proceed with caution.

Edited October 16, 2022 by SpartanMaker

[sweetsmith78 60]

More people need to be aware.

[liveaboard15 1,293]

never looked at it lol.

[kcuster83 1,504]

To say it frankly... it's bullsh*t! 😁

Edited October 17, 2022 by kcuster83