| Re: BMI FAQ
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Originally Posted by D-Nuck  ok i understand what your saying now-- but research suggests that people with a BMI over 29 or under 19 regardless of muscle or fat have a higher risk of chronic disease and premature death.. thats my point | I'm saying that you can't make that assumption at all. Just because they have a specific BMI you don't know what their bodyfat percentage is and you are make a bad generalism.
If however you said that people with a bodyfat percentage over 25% are pre-disposed towards chronic disease and death you would be MUCH more accurate.
Let's look at this hypothesis:
People over 25% bodyfat have a high BMI (this is not necessarily true, there are "skinny fat people" out there too). The problem is not everyone with a high BMI is over 25% bodyfat. See the problem?
Same logic:
Women named Sue have red hair BUT not every Sue has red hair neither are all red heads named Sue.
Get it?
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Last edited by MikeB : 03-28-08 at 04:10 PM.
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