President Bush the Lardass

Well, I think I've mentioned it before, the Body Mass index of deciding if you are fat, obese, or Kate Moss, is flawed. It doesn't take into account any sort of phisical fitness. Thin celebs like Russel Crowe and Tom Cruise are labeled as overweight. They are in good company, it appears that according to the stupid BMI scale President Bush, who'se resting heartrate is better than some olympians, is overweight.

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While his personal physicians proclaimed him in “superior health,” President Bush, who bikes up to 120 miles a week and once graced the cover of Runner’s World, is the victim of the very flawed standard that is fueling the over-hyped “obesity epidemic” today.

This standard, called the Body Mass Index (BMI), is decidedly faulty since it only takes height and weight, and not muscle mass, into consideration. A BMI over 25 means you’re “overweight” and over 30 means you’re “obese.” The President, with a BMI of 27, is officially overweight, but in good fat company; Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, with a BMI of 33, is considered “obese” and celebrities like Matt Damon, Will Smith, and Bruce Willis are also in the “overweight” category.

I know people who went to the doctors one month, actually lost a few pounds, but still went from normal to overweight. How can you lose pounds but be considerd fatter? Let the FDA make the rules. The same ones who couldn't tell that Vioxx and Celebrex were going to kill you. (just like cookies it appears)

Now, I admit. I'm not The Thin Man. Hardly. I know I eat too much and move too little. But I generally watch what I eat, and I walk about 1-2 miles a day, depending on the weather.

According to the Government at 6'0'' and about 225 pounds, with a BMI, I am Obese and should be suing someone. And also according to the BMI index I could lose 90 pounds and still be considered "normal". WTF?? If I only weighed 135 they would arrest my wife for not feeding me. Another thing, the image these BMI nazis are trying to promote is the skinny heroin addict look. You wonder why young girls who may eat their meat and potatoes and don't look that way get a complex.

I also hear that we need to expand school lunch programs because 1/3 of school kids are hungry. But also I've heard that 3/4 of kids in school are obese. What is it. Are they starvin or too fat?

Posted by psugrad98 at December 21, 2004 05:57 PM