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Thin but Unhealthy: Plenty of People With Normal BMI Are Clinically Obese, Study Finds (gizmodo.com)

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The actual study in question:

https://doi.org/10.7326/ANNALS-25-05287- National Prevalence of Clinical Obesity by BMI Class: A National Cross-Sectional Study - Paywall.

Direct full paper link : www.mediafire com/file/u1fckknys855438/elhence-et-al-2026-national-prevalence-of-clinical-obesity-by-bmi-class-a-national-cross-sectional-study.pdf/file

So they basically added metabolic impairment and visceral fat to the definition of obesity. That is going to confuse alot of people. I really don't see the benefit of putting all the metabolic problems under the label of obesity other then attention grabbing. It would be much more helpful to classify these as symptoms of hyperinsulinemia.... the real problem.

Fat people have 'excess adiposity' and people with broken metabolisms have 'clinical obesity'....

[–] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 14 points 2 days ago

This says nothing except that BMI is an absolutely shit measure of health.

[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Meanwhile plenty of people with overweight BMI are medically healthy

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

I knew a guy in Basic named Naqvi. Dude was massive. He set the chin-up record at 43 midway on a rope on an obs course. Black as night itself, walked like he was part cat, and really hard to sneak up on when sentries punked each other.

BMI probably way over the line with all that meat on him, and he spent the bulk of his time on 'remedial' with the PERIs because of it. Bizarre.

[–] spacegoat@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Doubt

[–] bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

BMI doesn't properly account for muscle mass. So someone who's 6ft 220lbs would be considered overweight, even if they were 10% body fat and strong as an ox. A great example is Clarence Kennedy. Go check out some of his YouTube highlights from his peak. He's undeniably a freak athlete, and in one video (can't remember which unfortunately) he did mention that even though he was in crazy shape and healthy across the board, his BMI indicated he was "dangerously obese".