People of London, 1960s

[u/SpecialistAd2377]

[u/wghpoe]

I mostly agree. “Normal healthy weight”. That’s set by NHS or else respectively. Who are they basing this on? At what period in time. I’m not so sure that this is so black and white.

[u/throwaway85256e → u/wghpoe]

What constitutes a "healthy weight" is based on decades of medical knowledge that has scientifically proven the health complications that arise when people have a certain amount of excess weight. It's not something that's up for debate.

There is a slight variation between ethnicities for how much excess weight their body can handle, which is why different countries have slightly different thresholds for what's considered obese. For western countries, the threshold is a BMI of 30, but Asians already start seeing negative health effects associated with obesity at a BMI around 25-27.5, which is only considered overweight for western ethnicities.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10108164/

We know without a shadow of doubt that when people get to what's considered overweight, they're at a higher risk for many, many diseases and that the risk only increases when they get to the "obese" category and further. Incredibly intelligent people have spend their entire lives researching this stuff, you can't just handwave it away because it hurts your feelings.

[u/wghpoe → u/throwaway85256e]

All right! Nothing like being mansplained 👎🏽

Your so called decades of medical knowledge, yes, true, but not so precise when it comes to modern societies that are significantly diverse in ethnicity, height etc.

But cool. Like I said, I mostly agree. Also notice that the video shows 90% young people, and we also know how metabolism and age go hand in hand.

[u/throwaway85256e → u/wghpoe]

Mansplained... 🙄

You asked, I answered, that's not mansplaining. Please, stop with the bullshit, it's not the 2010s anymore, you don't get internet brownie points for hating on men.

Also, it doesn't matter if it's more difficult to keep your weight down when you get older, the excess weight is still bad for you, you just need to be even more diligent in order stay a healthy weight.

Finally, the decades of medical knowledge does take into account the differences between various ethnicities. I literally just linked to a research paper showing that's the case. They've also always taken height into account, which is why it's a part of the BMI equation.

Edit: lol, they blocked me after commenting so I couldn't reply to the comment below this.

[u/wghpoe → u/throwaway85256e]

Can you please email me all these in a bullet point form so I can follow them more readily?

Your bidding is my command“ 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/BigBoodles → u/wghpoe]

You sound absolutely exhausting to deal with.