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by wredue 1043 days ago
It’s because people take their BMI and become shocked about where they land. It takes like a small beer gut to land in to obese.

BMI isn’t generally used as a picture of overall health anyway. More often, it’s used as a measure for health issue probability. As Texas BMI raises, it can be used to calculate the increasing chances of a huge variety of health problems.

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Well, not so small unless you also exercise reasonable amount and have some muscles.