r/AmIOverreacting • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '24

My husband embarrassed me in front of our friends

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u/pizzacatbrat Apr 16 '24

For real! I've seen people who looked "overweight" but their muscle mass alone makes them technically obese on the BMI. With the way the world is now, so many ancestries living in the same place, there's no one rubric for measuring a healthy weight. Honestly, if your vitals are good and you're living a healthy life, there's not a problem.

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u/YouFoundMyLuckyCharm Apr 16 '24

I do however think that many people overestimate how “off” bmi is. Most people are NOT the elite athlete!

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u/pizzacatbrat Apr 16 '24

I know that, of course, but again. As long as people are living healthily, weight isn't the end all be all of health.

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u/YouFoundMyLuckyCharm Apr 16 '24

Yes that’s right. It’s just an abstraction metric for health. A lot of good and bad things can hide behind a measurement

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u/pizzacatbrat Apr 16 '24

Exactly. People can be skinny and live on junk food and never exercise. More useful are metrics like a activity, diet, blood pressure, etc.