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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:52 PM Original message |
BMI Index illustrated - slideshow. "Morbidly obese"? Really? |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. What are they trying to sell? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Who do you mean by "they"? |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The pharma companies. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Aw but you're leaving out all the fad diet people! |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I think Billyskank is referring to the BMI standard-setting people as "they". |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. By the BMI numbers... |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I think they meant 'morbidly obtuse' |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. !!!!!ROTFLMAO!!!! |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. yeah, but you're a fattie too so what would you know? |
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Silver Swan (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. This gives more information on the subjects |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. Is it just me |
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Silver Swan (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Yes, they changed in 1998 |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. according to them i am slightly overweight. its hard to be correct weigh |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. Crickey, no wonder we have such fucked up notions of what "normal" is. |
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Droopy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
14. I say go with where you feel comfortable |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. Without similar clothing and pose, it's really hard to learn anything from photos |
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neweurope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. Oh hell, I seem to be "morbidly obese". |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. How dreary the world would be |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. Labels fit my observations in France |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. BMI ratings are messed up |
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SacredCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. BMI, perhaps, gets you in the ballpark of where you should be... |
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