Do we have a skewed sense of what a 'healthy' weight is?

[KneesUp]

Does it matter if you are happy with yourself. I believe weight hip ratio is a more relevant measurement, especially when considering cardiovascular risk

It doesn't really matter as such - I was just interested to note that whereas people comment on me being 'slim' and I feel 'average' I'm not according to the NHS. I'm in the same waist trousers I was as a 20 year old (half a life away) but I have noticed recently that whereas I used to buy 'medium' t-shirts and pants, I can now buy 'small' - vanity sizing extends to cheap supermarket underpants now it seems.

It makes sense to me that if we see more overweight people, our sense of 'normal' will change. I just wondered if anyone agreed with me

(also, there's the whole 'denial' thing going on too)

 

[Drago]

Food rationing didn't end until summer 1954.

 

[snorri]

[QUOTE 3703865, member: 9609"] i would have thought lean and athletic would be a better description [/QUOTE]
Looking at the pic., I would say "Lack of sufficient evidence to come to a useful conclusion".

 

[Drago]

That photo looks like hes in the middle of a spectacular crash.

 

[MacB]

I thought the waist to height was a better guide, waist should be no more than half your height

 

[ayceejay]

In some US states people on food stamps (welfare) are being told what they can spend those food stamps on in a rather fascist attempt to reduce obesity and connected diseases among the poor. There is no doubt that the diet of the less off has changed greatly since 1954 and I would guess that sugar plays a big part in making stuff taste good as back in the day there was no shortage of fat being eaten.
As for ideal weight I think we have a rough idea of what this is beyond the media driven notion.

 

[Drago]

If it improves their health, I can't see the problem. When they're paying for the food they can eat cake the , but I've no issue with being compelled to eat healthily if the public are finding it.

No one's forcing them to eat it if they don't like it.

 

[potsy]

I thought the waist to height was a better guide, waist should be no more than half your height

So glad I am 8' tall

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

There was a BBC '''where are you on the global scale?'' page a few years ago. If BMI results are skewed, the BBC one does at least give you a sense of where you are compared to different countries, rich or poor, without making a health judgement.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18770328

 

[tyred]

I thought the waist to height was a better guide, waist should be no more than half your height

Ah, I see my problem, I'm not tall enough. Damn genetics!

 

[ayceejay]

Do they still have a working rack in the Tower of London?

 

[sidevalve]

I thought the waist to height was a better guide, waist should be no more than half your height

Is it OK to stand on a box ??

 

[vickster]

Is it OK to stand on a box ??

Works for Tom Cruise and Nicolas Sarkosy (can try shoe lifts too apparently if a short ar$e with a taller trophy wife)

 

[MacB]

Is it OK to stand on a box ??

sorry dude, bare feet only and no tippy toes

 

[jefmcg]

I was just interested to note that whereas people comment on me being 'slim' and I feel 'average'

Well, you probably are average, or even below average - and that's the point. Few of us think about our weight against a global ideal, but against the people around us. And then mistake "average" for "slim"

http://www.theguardian.com/society/the-shape-we-are-in-blog/2014/sep/10/obesity-body-image