If obesity is an issue for people why don't they just raise the bar?

[LadiesFavoriteToy]

Look we all know these fat people love their unhealthy lives yet they still have one wall to break down and thats the bmi index. Why don't they tell doctors and health officials to start calling 300 pound men an women as fit and prime physical fitness and call women and me who are 180 pounds as anorexia. Right? I use to be a 270 pound fat slob but I worked hard and now 200.

[Anonymous]

To be fair, BMI is an awful system that grades athletes as unhealthy and Ed Kemper types as healthy

[BetaBucks]

That's because it's not supposed to be used as a system, but instead, as a single measurement. It would be like using height, without using weight. Using BMI and BFP is how the military establishes exceptions to high BMI. If BFP is low, BMI can be high. But the overwhelming majority of people with high BMI, also have high body fat percentages, so it's more about the rule than the exceptions. But yeah, it's for sure not a perfect metric for health.

[NathanDavis]

try some therapy now...