I'll put my 'weight' behind this sort of article any day!

phil_ss1

BBC Site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7953197.stm

So think twice before tucking away the 3 for 2 Adsa Eggs this Easter!

Phil

mick_cornick

But the Easter Eggs call me by name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :P

Crapaud

Good article. It's a pity that they didn't put a link in for the guy's blog. I've e-mailed it to a bulky mate anyway, to see if it'll have any effect.

Beeblebrox

They did - it's at the side under 'Related links'.

http://frank.kinlan.co.uk/

Crapaud

Beeblebrox wrote:

They did - it's at the side under 'Related links'.

http://frank.kinlan.co.uk/

Cheers Beeblebrox. Couldn't see it for looking. Link forwarded.

hisoka

Inspiring to the larger rider I think, like me.

tailwindhome

A lightweight compared to SCR's very own Gaz

http://gazzasblogs.blogspot.com/

Bassjunkieuk

WheezyMcChubby wrote:

A lightweight compared to SCR's very own Gaz

http://gazzasblogs.blogspot.com/

+1 Gaz is doing an amazing job!

Also just got this lovely quote from the page that lets you calculate your own BMI

The BMI is not infallible. For instance, it is possible for a healthy, muscular athlete with very low body fat to be classified obese using the BMI formula.

If you are a trained athlete, your weight based on your measured percent body fat would be a better indicator of what you should weigh.

So the BMI index that all these health professionals love to quote can actually be a bad guide! Did a quick calculation to get mine and whilst I fall in the healthy range I'm marginally outside the bracket that lives the longest :evil:

marchant

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

So the BMI index that all these health professionals love to quote can actually be a bad guide!...

Agreed. Where I work I can put my hands on 3 BMI charts that variably put me as obese, overweight and normal (I'm 6 foot tall and weigh 92Kg clothed.
But I have lost a stone and a half

Crapaud

The only time I've had my BMI measured it was 25, making me borderline obese. I am carrying a few pounds, but there's no way I'm fat. The weight / height calculation has no way to tell that I've got chunky, muscular thighs.

AndyManc

Crapaud wrote:

The only time I've had my BMI measured it was 25, making me borderline obese. I am carrying a few pounds, but there's no way I'm fat. The weight / height calculation has no way to tell that I've got chunky, muscular thighs.

Borderline 'overweight' , not obese . (insert obese smiley here)


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gklau

BMI 25 is borderline normal, >25 is overweight, not obese

dirk_van_gently

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

So the BMI index that all these health professionals love to quote can actually be a bad guide!...

Like all formulae they are only a general guide.
My favourite pet hate is Cholesterol, another piece of medical BS waved around as fact in adverts for low fat spreads and the like.
The evidence of a connection between cholesterol levels and food intake, are flakey at best.

cjcp

Dirk Van Gently wrote:

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

So the BMI index that all these health professionals love to quote can actually be a bad guide!...

Like all formulae they are only a general guide.
My favourite pet hate is Cholesterol, another piece of medical BS waved around as fact in adverts for low fat spreads and the like.
The evidence of a connection between cholesterol levels and food intake, are flakey at best.

Mmmmm. Flakes.

gb155

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

WheezyMcChubby wrote:

A lightweight compared to SCR's very own Gaz

http://gazzasblogs.blogspot.com/

+1 Gaz is doing an amazing job!

Also just got this lovely quote from the page that lets you calculate your own BMI

The BMI is not infallible. For instance, it is possible for a healthy, muscular athlete with very low body fat to be classified obese using the BMI formula.

If you are a trained athlete, your weight based on your measured percent body fat would be a better indicator of what you should weigh.

So the BMI index that all these health professionals love to quote can actually be a bad guide! Did a quick calculation to get mine and whilst I fall in the healthy range I'm marginally outside the bracket that lives the longest :evil:

Cheers you 2, Just cleaned the bike ready for a nice afternoon ride in this amazing sunshine.

and WheezyMcChubby im almost considering that smile you requested lol, thanks for the donation man