Body Mass Index Is Useless and Outdated. Why Do Doctors Still Use It?
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Because there is an age scale for body mass... along with the simple fact that people who do manage to keep off the tonnage in there latter years are the ones that live longer, it is not the weight that kills you though, it is the food you eat that makes you fat... it does other things like clog arteries leading to strokes and heart failure. Find me a fat person in there 80s or 90s I dare you.
Genetics plays a part in about 1% of obese people, those very very few can not help it... they are also easy to pick out because they generally look healthy even though they are large (no quadruple chins), but the other 99% of fatties do it to them selves, they eat wrong and do not exercise. That is not a nice thing to say, but maybe it will inspire someone to get up and do something about the disgusting state they live in.This study reminds me of one of the best proverbial adages of all time, and it is far to fitting here. "The lazy man killed him self at work" Stop trying to make excuses tubby and put down milk shake and the twinky.
There is one special genetical problem for women though, menopause, your body goes through a period when it does not process fats and other things correctly, it is especially bad when hormone drugs after breast and ovarian cancers are involved, they can not help that, but after it passes... if they want a long life expectancy they have to shed the extra weight... its not easy, but it is necessary... else they risk cardiac problems as the heart becomes weaker with age.
PS I'm not a woman
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Does anyone know what BMI was originally used for? It was used to tell who was inferior to Kings and Queens. If you weighed less you weren't eating and thus were poor. They need to find something better to judge us on.
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Why do we even have doctors for anymore, when Insurance companies know full well what we need and how to dispense care,..right?
they do it so well too........
