Originally Posted by
mudminnow
This right here. I’m sure some folks will mention how elite gymnasts can be performing at their peak while under poor mental health.
Just like how someone mentioned how BMI is not a good indicator. If you are obese by BMI standards, you better have more muscle than fat which is rare.
I’ve known folks that have been in the hospital and have died from covid. The amount of times I’ve heard from friends and family that “they are healthy, I don’t know how it happened”. Most of these folks are obese, but it has become the norm that we consider moderate obesity healthy.
I’m not trying to shame anyone, I just think we need to be honest about what “healthy” is. Just as it is ridiculous and dangerous to call a male weightlifter a femal weightlifter, I think categorizing obese as healthy is ridiculous and dangerous.
Yeah sure let's compare elite athletes to the general population and use them as a standard of health...
BMI sucks as an indicator not only because of body size.... You can be skinny and unhealthy.... How many obese crack heads do you know. If you would like I could get more educated in my answers and we can discuss how diet affects mental and physical health along with how physically fitness and diet leads to a better mentally healthy person. I guess my degree in sports medicine and training in nutrition leads me to believe a physically fit and healthy person is normally more mentally healthy as well.
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