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To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (196820)	3/1/2023 4:36:35 PM
From: marcher	2 Recommendations Recommended By Pogeu Mahone sense Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218108

--I think less than 5% of People weight train.-- probably a good estimate. so, that 5% are classified as outliers and statistical error, cast out, disappeared from the data set, and harmed by 'data' algorithms/robots that categorize the 5% as 'overweight' and 'risky', and, therefore, 'justifiably' charge the 5% more for health insurance and other financial games related to personal debt interest rates or whatever. don't have the hard evidence for such, but it fits with other types of 'data-drive' garbage i've witnessed. and, most definitely, fits well with neoliberal financialization/commodification crap. as well, it 'nudges' folks toward a model-average-citizen who stays within the (mandated) bounds. just call it neofolks-slavery, the neo-1618 Project, or teotwawki....... not good.

To: Pogeu Mahone who wrote (196820)	1/19/2025 6:55:02 PM
From: marcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218108

doctors criticizing bmi as a measure of obesity: "...The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission asserted... that “current BMI-based measures of obesity can both underestimate and overestimate adiposity and provide inadequate information about health at the individual level, undermining medically-sound approaches to health care and policy... [The Commission proposed] ...a diagnosis of clinical obesity requires one or both criteria: evidence of reduced organ or tissue function due to obesity and substantial age-adjusted limitations of daily activities due to obesity. ...Using BMI to define obesity carries “several limitations” according to the commission. Because BMI doesn’t differentiate between lean mass and body fat, some people with normal BMIs may have excess body fat that could put them at increased risk for certain conditions. On the other end, the commission members noted individuals with BMIs that define them as obese may not have excess fat, leading to an overdiagnosis of obesity..." newsnationnow.com