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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 318560" data-attributes="member: 413">Are we still talking about this?Why does it matter what someone else wieghs?&nbsp; If wieght is a concern of yours, eat right and exercise.&nbsp; Teach your kids to do the same.&nbsp; Americans are fat because we are free...it is that simple.&nbsp; Our economic system + our resources + our culture has lead to an abundance of food.&nbsp; Since people are free to choose what they eat and have the resources sucn that over-eating doesn't have much of an economic cost and humans are inherently flawed that leads many to make the poor decision to eat too much.&nbsp; So what?&nbsp; How does that affect you?&nbsp; In America, obesity is a greater problem among our poor than hunger...in most of human history that would have been considered a dream!&nbsp; &nbsp; BMI is a good measure for MOST people with an average build.&nbsp; My build is on the light side (I have a taller/thinner bone structure and less muscle-mass than the average 6' tall male), so my ideal weight range is shifted down a bit.&nbsp; You have to take that into account when using BMI.&nbsp; If you are a body builder or other kind of athelete that causes your body to be outside the norm, then BMI is simply not applicable...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 318560, member: 413"] Are we still talking about this? Why does it matter what someone else wieghs? If wieght is a concern of yours, eat right and exercise. Teach your kids to do the same. Americans are fat because we are free...it is that simple. Our economic system + our resources + our culture has lead to an abundance of food. Since people are free to choose what they eat and have the resources sucn that over-eating doesn't have much of an economic cost and humans are inherently flawed that leads many to make the poor decision to eat too much. So what? How does that affect you? In America, obesity is a greater problem among our poor than hunger...in most of human history that would have been considered a dream! BMI is a good measure for MOST people with an average build. My build is on the light side (I have a taller/thinner bone structure and less muscle-mass than the average 6' tall male), so my ideal weight range is shifted down a bit. You have to take that into account when using BMI. If you are a body builder or other kind of athelete that causes your body to be outside the norm, then BMI is simply not applicable... [/QUOTE]

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