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22.6. Down from 24.3 a few months ago. Thanks running, you're finally helping.

Move over BMI, there's a new sheriff in town:

BMI or Body Mass Index, a ratio of weight to height, has long been considered one of the best measures for assessing overall health risk.Getting your BMI into a healthy range used to be considered a top health priority. However, recent research shows that there is a new
sheriff in town: your waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). Studies now indicate
that WHtR is a much better measure than BMI for assessing obesity and cardiovascular risk.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/93638-whtr-the-new-determinant-health-risk/

BMI or Body Mass Index, a ratio of weight to height, has long been considered one of the best measures for assessing overall health risk.

GRRRRR HULK SMASH

(ss i know you're not saying this, but goddamn am i tired of hearing it)

This is great because I go from "Overweight" on the BMI scale to "Extremely Slim" on the WHtR scale.

No longer am I penalized for being athletic.

exactly!

BMI applied to individuals is just grrrrr arrrgh.

i am only healthy.

now shasty nobody was actually penalizing you. did nutrition nazis take away dessert or something?

cause i'll take that dessert if u not eating it

22.4

23.7

WHtR: 45.4545454545…

19.2

― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, April 11, 2008 7:14 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I am now 23.2

Read somewhere that ideal WtHR was 1:3 please tell me that isn't the accepted wisdom

Well, if you're 6' tall and have a 24" waist, there should be cause for concern.

WOMEN
• Ratio less than 35: Abnormally Slim to Underweight
• Ratio 35 to 42: Extremely Slim
• Ratio 42 to 46: Healthy
• Ratio 46 to 49: Healthy
• Ratio 49 to 54: Overweight
• Ratio 54 to 58: Seriously Overweight
• Ratio over 58: Highly Obese

MEN
• Ratio less than 35: Abnormally Slim to Underweight
• Ratio 35 to 43: Extremely slim
• Ratio 43 to 46: Healthy
• Ratio 46 to 53: Healthy, Normal Weight
• Ratio 53 to 58: Overweight
• Ratio 58 to 63: Extremely Overweight/Obese
• Ratio over 63: Highly Obese

Whoo, downgraded to merely overweight.

i was downgraded from "normal" to "extremely slim" ?

still hovering around the 30.1 range on BMI, bang on 50 on WtHR, wouldn't mind a little improvement on both tbh but WIP

just had my body fat measured. either they're wrong or my brain is made of flab.

https://i.imgur.com/bR1yDJv.png

22.0 (shrugs) ― Aimless, Tuesday, February 23, 2010

presently 22.5

23.8

Thats the last time I weighed myself, I think I may be less heavy now but probably not much.

It's OK, anyway

24.5 = normal (just)

since xmas i now fast walk 4km a day (40 mins), and that has definitely helped me get back down to my usual 75kg as i had put on a couple of red wine enhanced kilos over lockdown.
but seems like the daily walk has helped me find the balance between enjoying wine and exercise.

I think BMI is not considered pretty meaningless

er NOW considered

18.4. I've somehow lost wait during the pandemic.

and the ability to spell

BMI is such an inaccurate tool it can't be used for any purpose that requires real data.

Reminds me of this:
A man in his 30s with no underlying health conditions was offered a Covid vaccine after an NHS error mistakenly listed him as just 6.2cm in height.

Liam Thorp was told he qualified for the jab because his measurements gave him a body mass index of 28,000.

25.8. Technically overweight. Can't escape my family legacy of thicc thighs.