{"id":391395,"date":"2010-03-05T03:21:49","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T07:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calorielab.com\/news\/?p=6925"},"modified":"2010-03-05T03:21:49","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T07:21:49","slug":"the-top-10-reasons-why-people-incorrectly-think-the-bmi-is-wrong-and-one-time-when-they-are-correct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/391395","title":{"rendered":"The Top 10 reasons Why People Incorrectly Think the BMI is Wrong, and One Time When They are Correct"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"Contributor: “Dr. J”<\/strong>
\nDr. J offers his irreverent, slightly irrelevant, but possibly useful opinions on health and fitness. A Florida surgeon and fitness freak with a black belt in karate, he runs 50 miles a week and flies a Cherokee Arrow 200.<\/div>\n

The Top Ten<\/h3>\n

1. They have a high BMI.<\/strong> This is the number one reason people argue against the BMI.<\/p>\n

2. They think it\u2019s normal to put on a few pounds.<\/strong> The BMI counteracts peoples flawed thinking.<\/p>\n

3. They are in denial.<\/strong> Denial is possibly the strongest of all the defense mechanisms, or psychologically disordered strategies that people use to cope with reality and maintain self-image.<\/p>\n

4. They have a food addiction.<\/strong> Given the choice to believe that their high BMI is dangerous, people with an addiction will dismiss their BMI rather than face reality.
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5. They use the straw man argument<\/strong>, where you change the topic and argue against that. <\/strong>The BMI is not a beauty contest, yet they argue that people look good with a high BMI. Therefore, it\u2019s a bad measurement.<\/p>\n

6. They call the BMI statistical origin nonsensical<\/strong>, yet ignore all the statistical data that supports and shows it works regardless if the measurement design, i.e. height-weight, makes no sense. The bottom line of a high BMI is increased morbidity and mortality in almost every large scale study, except possibly for a very small increased BMI in people over 70 years of age.<\/p>\n

7. They can\u2019t get insurance with their high BMI.<\/strong> Of course they will cost the insurance company much more money than they will ever pay for insurance, either immediately or later, thus raising the rates for the rest of us.<\/p>\n

8. They think they are an athlete<\/strong>, and since a lot of real athletes have a high BMI, then theirs must be OK. Many athletes do not have a high BMI, especially in sports where significant endurance is important. Did you know that in the average football game, the \u201cathletes\u201d actual playing time is less than 15 minutes total?<\/p>\n

9. They saw a report that said according to the BMI charts, both Tom Cruise and LeBron James are obese<\/strong>, and they are fine. In reality, neither Tom Cruise ( BMI 25.1-26) nor LeBron James (BMI 27.5) are obese. They both fall in the overweight category. LeBron is a professional athlete, and Cruise is no longer Maverick from Top Gun.<\/p>\n

10. They have a blog on the Internet<\/strong> with a high proportion of the readership having a high BMI and do not want to be honest about the BMI or their BMI because they fear the loss of their followers as both an ego and economic decline.<\/p>\n

One Time Correct<\/h3>\n

Possibly, if you are an athlete or a dedicated weight trainer, your BMI will be higher than the normal range.<\/p>\n

If, for example, we look at the Bell shaped curve of statistics, 99.7 percent lie within three standard deviations. Using this data, assuming 3 out of every 1000 individuals is either a significant athlete or a serious weight trainer, both with a high muscle mass and low body fat, then the BMI is valid for the other 997 individuals.<\/p>\n

If you feel like disagreeing with this column, please include which number applies to your thinking. Thank you.<\/p>\n

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The Top 10 reasons Why People Incorrectly Think the BMI is Wrong, and One Time When They are Correct<\/a><\/p>\n

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