Adult Obesity Prevalence Nearly Matches Heart Disease Deaths [OC]Submitted by orgborger t3_124sau9 in dataisbeautiful
Marksd9 t1_je1pqmd wrote
Reply to comment by zombienudist in Adult Obesity Prevalence Nearly Matches Heart Disease Deaths [OC] by orgborger
That makes some sense to me, some outlying body types can throw the data (although I’m given pause given that some of those outliers include entire ethnicities).
But even given more accurate testing we can all observe that some larger people are more active and eat more healthily than many skinnier people.
Given that conclusion, just how useful is body size as a measure of health?
zombienudist t1_je1ua9m wrote
Again there are always outliers. That is why you don't just use one method. But it is clear to me looking back that I was lying to myself about my health and weight. Many, many people are. I know the things I said about BMI and I did that because I didn't want to face my own issues. It was easier to think that BMI was BS then to actually look at it seriously and use it as just one way to assess your health. If you are the outlier then you just use something else.
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