BMI is an absolute garbage indicator of health.
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Sweet Baby Jesus.I'd be lynched if I forgot chocolate and wine.Sod the other stuff.
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Factories and self employed are still aloud to work. All manufacturing is classed as key by the government
I work in a chocolate factory so at this stage we are both immune to its effects
If I worked there,the missus would be shaped like the Lutine bell.
A bit simplistic in my opinion mate, its nothing everyone doesn't all ready know. herd immunity is the only show in town, its how you approach the duality of achieving it, were the article is wrong is the universality of that. It is absolutely important how a country develops a method, policy and approach working toward a duality of herd immunity in my opinion.
I think you have to separate the concept of running open armed toward the virus to achieve herd immunity from the the duality of herd immunity that can be achieved through a variety of methods and that will be down to approach and policy of each individual governments and that is important in fact critical, the start and end game are known, but the impact of the in between are controllable (to a degree) through approach and chosen methods to manage this.
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Yeah...not letting you get away with that. We have very few proven facts in all this.
Yes we generally have seen people that are overweight and especially obese be more likely to have difficulties if they become infected, but I have not seen anything that gives a definitive BMI.
Closest I've seen was some data out of the US and the referenced BMI was 40 - morbidly obese.
No data just semi-educated guess work here -- you probably would not see statistical or clinical differences until BMI is at least over 30 (if not higher) in an otherwise health, youngish individual. How you carry the weight may matter too.
Well if 50% of those who live alone are female ,and even if 50% of those females are fit ,when this is all over I am moving to Sweden lol
I recall going for major surgery ten years ago and my surgeon saying something similar. Rugby players and so on can have high BMI and yet be very fit indeed. But overweight people in general are at higher risk of complications from most conditions. There’s also the issue of direction of causation in there as well. Is someone overweight because of a health condition or has being overweight caused it.
Yeh it's bollocks. Worked out on your gender, age, height, weight & some jarg activity level. Does not differentiate on how someone's weight is built up on muscle or fat.
It is if that is the only paramenter considered and don't incorporate the entire clinical picture.
Possibly. I do like a bit finger pointing though.
If it was used in conjuction with body fat % it would be better.
Most people in the UK are nowhere near active enough or have anywhere near the muscle mass they should.
BMI is distorted by heavier and active people with decent muscle mass.
BMI therefore does work for most of the population, who are just fat.
But that statement is still just an assumption.
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