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sinkingfeeling

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15. Starts with demographics.

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Mon Dec 29, 2025, 05:15 PM

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More than 75% of US adults may meet criteria for obesity under new definition: Study [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 29 OP

I'll stick with BMI thank you. 3 links in I can't find the definition underpants Dec 29 #1

Here's the links to the BRI and BMI calculators. sinkingfeeling Dec 29 #3

Okay. I stay at 220 for the BMI underpants Dec 29 #8

Starts with demographics. sinkingfeeling Dec 29 #15

Both of these say I'm fat. Kida sucks. n/t SpankMe Dec 29 #25

Uh huh. Why do smell the whiff of big pharma around the edges? I love when they do this. It's not the first time Vinca Dec 29 #2

Exactly. Maybe someday the focus can embrace lifestyle changes like nutrition, exercise and stress management. TheRickles Dec 29 #6

The Trump admin is all about the new weight loss drugs. yardwork Dec 29 #9

Has RFKjr seen Trump? NotHardly Dec 29 #10

I can't explain it either. yardwork Dec 29 #13

This has been known for years NickB79 Dec 29 #11

What that weird drug does to people really creeps me out. ananda Dec 29 #17

Some of the effects now being slightlv Dec 29 #21

Insurance companies Old Crank Dec 30 #35

Few of us meet the ever-changing standards, but here we are. Living and breathing. I'm about to turn 77. Vinca Dec 30 #36

75 in March Old Crank Dec 30 #38

(Warning: Ranty) Fat people being unhealthy is not universal any more than Bettie Dec 30 #43

In ten years most of us will be on ozempic diets thought crime Wednesday #45

BMI is junk science angrychair Dec 29 #4

I agree. Americanme Dec 29 #12

sounds like you are doing great Skittles Dec 30 #44

The correlation between obesity and health issues is unquestionable NickB79 Dec 29 #14

i'm 6'2", 265 lbs and 14% body fat. According to BMI, I am obese. AZLD4Candidate Dec 29 #24

And they're also at risk of many of the same health problems NickB79 Dec 30 #41

Well, Just Change back to the old definition! raccoon Dec 29 #5

Move More OC375 Dec 29 #7

Move more and eat less FakeNoose Dec 29 #23

So with such statistics the logical approach would be for the gov to have a plan to combat it. twodogsbarking Dec 29 #16

Arnold in his is prime would have been morbidly obese according to doc03 Dec 29 #18

Stop the testing JoseBalow Dec 29 #19

6'-5" @ 219 lbs coming from a loudmouth soon yonder Dec 29 #20

BMI also isn't a very good health indicator for some ethnic groups fujiyamasan Dec 29 #22

Bingo. Visceral fat is the killer. Belly fat. LiberalArkie Dec 30 #32

so - you redefine 'obesity' to the point where it becomes an irrelevance - and people stopdiggin Dec 29 #26

Too much unhealthy, processed food is marketed at us everywhere we turn. Diamond_Dog Dec 29 #27

This is correct oswaldactedalone Dec 29 #28

This makes sense gristy Dec 30 #31

In a nutshell oswaldactedalone Dec 30 #39

Who is going to tell Chump BidenRocks Dec 29 #29

It just told me the old joke "One at a time on the scale". chouchou Dec 30 #30

I'm not fat. I'm what they call a "bear". QueerDuck Dec 30 #33

I'd be a stick figure if I followed the BRI debsy Dec 30 #34

BMI / Height for obesity has its flaws. Old Crank Dec 30 #37

I started intermittent fasting last May Tree Lady Dec 30 #40

Anyone with a gut is going to be obese under BRI. maxsolomon Dec 30 #42

The American diet doesn't help. Aussie105 Wednesday #46

Restrict diet soda, skim milk, seed oils, salt, processed food, fruit juice, fake meat GreatGazoo Thursday #47