64% of U.K. adults overweight ....

[Johnnyweetabix]

And a massive contributor to the covid deaths . Frightening

Death rates are 10 times higher in those where more than half the adults had a body mass index (BMI) of more than 25kg/m2 – the point at which normal weight tips into overweight.

Covid deaths high in countries with more overweight people, says report | Coronavirus | The Guardian

Governments urged to prioritise obese people for vaccinations over greater risk of death from coronavirus

amp.theguardian.com

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

We should follow the diet of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam rather than eat free market burgers?

 

[Ingleby_Flash]

Calculate your body mass index (BMI) - NHS

Check your BMI to find out if you’re a healthy weight for your height.

www.nhs.uk

24 for me, just under the wire.

 

[bear66]

I can put on another 11 lbs and still be in the green! Fry up for lunch.

 

[LowMoorBoro]

23.1 for me. However it says a healthy weight range for me would be 9 stone 3 lbs to 12 stone 7 lbs.
If I went under 11 stone I think I’d look ill.

 

[ForssAwakens]

I’m currently about 25.5. Was about 24 before the 1st lockdown

 

[ForssAwakens]

23.1 for me. However it says a healthy weight range for me would be 9 stone 3 lbs to 12 stone 7 lbs.
If I went under 11 stone I think I’d look ill.

Would you look ill because 64% of people are overweight so when we’re closer to 20 than 25 we really an obscurity compared to say 40 years ago

 

[Ingleby_Flash]

23.1 for me. However it says a healthy weight range for me would be 9 stone 3 lbs to 12 stone 7 lbs.
If I went under 11 stone I think I’d look ill.

Yeah it says I could be 8 stone 6

 

[bear66]

Would you look ill because 64% of people are overweight so when we’re closer to 20 than 25 we really an obscurity compared to say 40 years ago

Watching films from the early 70s shows how obese Western nations have become in the last 50 years.

 

[TeaCider]

22.7, healthy weight.

I can risk over another stone, phew.

 

[dnh81]

BMI isnt the best way to measure but is simple to calculate hence why its used.

The target weight for me according to NHS is 8-11 stone, at that level i would be a rake.

 

[LowMoorBoro]

Would you look ill because 64% of people are overweight so when we’re closer to 20 than 25 we really an obscurity compared to say 40 years ago

Perhaps so. In non COVID times I was a regular at the gym so usually carried a bit of muscle. Stopping doing that would probably a knock a bit of weight off.

If it goes ahead I’ll be running the great north run for charity this year so will be knocking weight training on the head and increasing the running mileage. So maybe we’ll see.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

Perhaps so. In non COVID times I was a regular at the gym so usually carried a bit of muscle. Stopping doing that would probably a knock a bit of weight off.

If it goes ahead I’ll be running the great north run for charity this year so will be knocking weight training on the head and increasing the running mileage. So maybe we’ll see.

It will really drop of with running if you're eating correctly.

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

BMI of 23.8 for me. My half healthy/half crap diet is just about countered by training and mountain biking.

 

[Johnny Vincents Motorbike]

Tomahawk are doing their bit to get the weight off.

 

[WeeGord]

I've a BMI of 26.2 which suggests I'm overweight. However, I'm 6'3 and broad shouldered and weigh 15st 10lbs so not quite sure I could get down a stone or two without looking anorexic!!

 

[Ingleby_Flash]

BMI of 23.8 for me. My half healthy/half crap diet is just about countered by training and mountain biking.

My half healthy exercise and food regime is just about countered by my industrial wine consumption

 

[Trug]

My weight is ok it's my height that's the problem. I'm too short

 

[JM14]

Makes it seem even worse that the government are actively trying to discourage us from getting out and exercising

 

[festa5]

BMI isnt the best way to measure but is simple to calculate hence why its used.

The target weight for me according to NHS is 8-11 stone, at that level i would be a rake.

Yep. I was until recently "obese" but certainly didn't look it. The GP was even a bit confused when she saw the measurement and compared it to how I looked, had to assure her it was right.

At my lightest, I was probably half a stone under the top level of normal and I was told by plenty of people I looked too thin. Yet I could have lost another 2 stone and still been in the normal range.

Maybe it is western perception partly as to what looks normal, as well as it being a flawed measure.

I'm definitely overweight now mind, no complaints about that label applying to my current physique sadly