tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18322056.post6620979286204436531..comments2024-03-16T04:06:44.221-04:00Comments on Homeschool Math Blog: Measuring obesity with BAIUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18322056.post-67246279061034784972012-07-30T17:48:10.854-04:002012-07-30T17:48:10.854-04:00This is definitely an interesting article. I had ...This is definitely an interesting article. I had no idea there was an alternative to measuring body fat?! I'm actually going to check my results and compare this formula to the results of my BMI. Thanks for sharing!Jarrodhttp://www.onlinecalculatorfree.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18322056.post-37085469360943514912011-04-04T17:57:30.598-04:002011-04-04T17:57:30.598-04:00BAI:
I see a real flaw in this in that there are...BAI: <br />I see a real flaw in this in that there are some (many) people that have no hips but are very overweight, and conversely, some very slender or healthy people with large hips. Some of this falls along ethnicity but not necessarily and things get mixed up real fast on that type of profiling, for example, one gene can change a whole town. Add to that the fact that medical experts are saying that the \"bad\" fat in terms of health is more associated with fat accumulation around the middle as opposed to \"below the waist\". As such, I think it\'s important to not further mislead the public and further push the Hollywood stereotype.<br /><br />I am only interested in this from the perspective of (A) people who have health problems and/or compromised lifestyle from being overweight/obese (it seems like they have just given up or are stuck in a cultural rut) and at the other extreme,(B) people who have bad body images based on media stereotypes. It seems it has to be one extreme or the other, unless, of course, you are an extreme athlete, which might be an extreme smack dab in the middle. Hmm...sounds like a lot of possibility for graphing and trends!<br /><br /><br />GraceGracenoreply@blogger.com