europe obesity risk...

[RKD]

*eats a Big Mac*

so hows everyone tonight... i'm about to order pizza. you guys want any? no? more for me  

[RyanRose]

Well its morning still got that pizza

[sunnyp]

Also, there is a cunning secret hidden in these statistics: A person is considered obese if their body mass index is greater than 20. A perfectly healthy person can have a body mass in excess of 20 if they are an athlete/weightlifter and still be considered obese. This is drastically going to effect the validity of such statistics.

You're right, and that's called a BMI, but athletes and weightlifters and people whom are involved in sports prone to gaining muscle mass are exemt from the BMI test. So the skinny's are fine there.

I got that info from my Wellness class, and to think I thought it was worthless.

Hmmmm?!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index

I know its wikipedia but this seems to sum it up exactly. Perhaps you should question your teacher on this.

[lilwing]

^ u guys are death then. you hear millions of ppl screaming in other countries and u only care about iraq  :\

don't listen to me though, i'm tired, and when i'm tired its the same like when i'm drunk, with the exception that i can walk and type  

are you suggesting the states do something about a weight problem in europe? Even without Iraq we've got better things to do.

[guns 'n roses]

so wat