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"The body mass index has long been criticized as a flawed indicator of health. A replacement has been gaining support: the body roundness index." Article unfortunately doesn't give the freaking formula for chrissakes; it's "364.2 − 365.5 × √(1 − [waist circumference in centimeters / 2π]2 / [0.5 × height in centimeters]2), according to the formula developed by Thomas et al.10"

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 91 points 2 months ago (3 children)

This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Will this donut help me pass the body roundness test?

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (24 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (7 children)

How come there's a metric button that doesn't work?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hmm, that puts me at BRI of 2.1, and BMI of 35.4

Those both seem incredibly off.

But I do have extra dense bones apparently, which tends to be mostly what screws with my BMI, and my ability to float/swim. But they seem really hard to break, not that I try very hard... but none of them have broken yet. And I've been in situations that seem like they should have broken.

Either way, I weigh alot more than I look like I should, not quite "Wolverine getting on a motorbike", but a bit like that.

Kinda makes me wish those "guess your weight" carnival experts were something I could see in real life, only ever seen it on TV.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

Interesting. Found a calculator and according to this I'm "very lean" (only just) while I'm overweight (again, only just) using BMI.

Judging by the belly fat I can pinch, I'm gonna trust the BMI

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Wikipedia has a chart:

I would be healthier if I were 1.4m.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I can I get your height? Gotta be 2.2m

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

For all waists < 85cm, 1.4m would be the best height.

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[–] [email protected] 118 points 2 months ago (2 children)

BMI is the best measure we have for statistical purposes (i.e., a population) because it's been around for 50(?) years and is what is often used in studies, so you can compare one study to another using BMI.

It's also not terrible for a population because it averages out. But for an individual it is definitely not a good measure because there are way too many other variables that matter.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

100% this, plus it's very easy to measure.

For individuals the tg/HDL ratio is promising as a great marker for insulin resistance (lower is better). But it requires a blood test, for academic purposes it's also good because most checkup blood tests have these two markers recorded.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yes! Thanks, I had started to mention that and ended up with a huge run on sentence and it didn't make it through the editing process. 😅.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can't tell you how disappointed I am that isn't just a chart of increasingly tubby kittens.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago

Lvl. 10: “oh lawd he comin’”

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