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"A 1996 project undertaken by scientists at the National Centre for Health Statistics and Cornell University analysed the data from dozens of previous studies, involving a total of more than 600,000 subjects with up to a 30-year follow-up. Among non-smoking white men, the lowest mortality rate was found among those with a BMI between 23 and 29, which means that a large majority of the men who lived longest were "overweight" according to government guidelines.
The mortality rate for white men in the supposedly ideal range of 19 to 21 was the same as that for those in the 29 to 31 range (most of whom would be defined now as "obese"). In regard to non-smoking white women, the study's conclusions were even more striking: the BMI range correlating with the lowest mortality rate was extremely broad, from around 18 to 32, meaning a woman of average height could weigh anywhere within an 80-pound range without seeing any statistically significant change in her risk of premature death. "
Eat that, BMI! (Taken from this site. Many thanks to McNutcase, all go read this post.
I called the Dutch centre for nutrition information. I told them about The Obesity Myth by Paul Campos, where this excerpt and the article of McNutcase are related to. My father told me this morning that it has been proven that fat people do not have more problems with arthrosis (except, weirdly enough, in the thumbs), although that`s been constantly stated in various sources. I`m going to look into that.
Obesity is blamed for everything. I want to know the truth.
The mortality rate for white men in the supposedly ideal range of 19 to 21 was the same as that for those in the 29 to 31 range (most of whom would be defined now as "obese"). In regard to non-smoking white women, the study's conclusions were even more striking: the BMI range correlating with the lowest mortality rate was extremely broad, from around 18 to 32, meaning a woman of average height could weigh anywhere within an 80-pound range without seeing any statistically significant change in her risk of premature death. "
Eat that, BMI! (Taken from this site. Many thanks to McNutcase, all go read this post.
I called the Dutch centre for nutrition information. I told them about The Obesity Myth by Paul Campos, where this excerpt and the article of McNutcase are related to. My father told me this morning that it has been proven that fat people do not have more problems with arthrosis (except, weirdly enough, in the thumbs), although that`s been constantly stated in various sources. I`m going to look into that.
Obesity is blamed for everything. I want to know the truth.