Oh. I know you were. I was just reiterating what happens when you just cut down on sugar.
Unfortunately, it’s in everything. Even things that it shouldn’t be added to.
Well my diet consists of about 80% meat with most of the rest being dairy so it’s easier for me to avoid than most.
I sure hated giving up canned peaches though! When I was young I could go through them like you wouldn’t believe.
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While for some people… i.e. large bone structure, heavily muscled… the BMI can be a very misleading indicator, for the vast majority of people it tells a reasonable tail. Most people don’t have the body abnormalities the skew a BMI reading and when they do, they know who they are… the fact is most people that have a bmi that indicates overweight or fat are just that.
Some people are very creative in the way they mentally address their existance
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I’m going to have to disagree with you on that. There are many articles out there explaining why the BMI is bogus and inaccurate. Using height and weight to determine obesity is ridiculous.
I did say at the top why it was inaccurate but the fact is if you is fat… you is fat and while bmi might have its flaws, it coupled with a simple waist/height ratio measurement is a good indicator of diabetes and its many associated conditions…
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It isn’t just the US Lou, it’s a first world problem and caused by much of the crap they peddle as food.
Ditch sugar and everything in a packet is a decent yardstick.
Is it deliberate is the question I have ?
Sickness supports a massive industry. I should add this sector to my my pyramid, think it would be huge impact worldwide if people ditched crap eating and it doesn’t have to be expensive as the “processed” consumers like to suggest, it’s just their go to excuse.
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If you have a high BMI, you may not be fat, but if you are fat you will have a high BMI. I think those muscle bound meatheads aren’t worried about BMI. If you have to question it, you’re probably fat.
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Globalism at play. Feed people crap, make them ill (food industry). Pharma industry gives them drugs to make them feel better. Promotes dependency and a vicious downward spiral.
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Did people have “large bones” during the Blitz I wonder? 
Here’s BMI
https://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Body-Mass-Index-(BMI).aspx
My problems with it are it doesn’t account for differences between men and women, nor for fat distribution—for example, how much harm are large rear end and wide hips going to do vs thick waist, stomach—and doesn’t distinguish those heavier individuals with a larger frame or more muscular types who weigh more due to muscle 
from working out weighing more than fat.
However, it can be flexible as it does allow for norms in a range—18-24.9%. This contrasts with a personal trainer who advised me my then 23 some BMI placed me at risk for diabetes. I’ve since become about 25 or 26% due in part to medication, largely due to eating too much.
This trainer,OTOH, was inflexible in saying 116 was my desirable weight. From experience, I’d look sick at that weight.
I’m speaking in relation to how people are classified by health professionals/insurance based on BMI.
Using that as a factor to dictate certain things is ridiculous.
There is more to being healthy/not healthy than simple multiplication
It may not be accurate, but it is a fair approximation. You can have a BMI of 28 and not be fat, but you cannot have a BMI of 38 and not be fat.
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“Weight in stones”?
I don’t ever want to hear you Brits criticize we Yanks for hanging on to our system of measurement again. 
I’ll give you that, however more often than not, the number crunchers etc. are just looking at a number on a piece of paper and making determinations that are nor inline with reality.
I don’t like stones or pounds. SI units are the most logical, it’s what most of the world use and makes sense scientifically.
Just look in the mirror, if you’re fat, you’re fat! If you’re not sure, post your pic here and we’ll tell you! 
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If a polar bear is not fat, it’s on the verge of starvation. 
Also Australians from ACDC’s “A Whole Lotta Rosie”:
“when you give it all you got
weighing in at 19 stones”
Go to YouTube and access that song “Live at River Plate” in 1996. If it doesn’t wake you right up, you may be dead.
Polar bears are not people.
Racist!
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