Comments on: Is It The Right Time For You To Lose Weight? http://alexfyfe.com/is-it-the-right-time-for-you-to-lose-weight/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:16:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: JOHNNY http://alexfyfe.com/is-it-the-right-time-for-you-to-lose-weight/comment-page-1/#comment-198 JOHNNY Mon, 04 May 2009 03:23:33 +0000 http://alexfyfe.com/?p=104#comment-198 As a Newbie, I am always searching online for articles that can help me. Thank you As a Newbie, I am always searching online for articles that can help me. Thank you

]]> By: alex http://alexfyfe.com/is-it-the-right-time-for-you-to-lose-weight/comment-page-1/#comment-80 alex Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:55:08 +0000 http://alexfyfe.com/?p=104#comment-80 Harriet I'd like to thank you for your post but would point out that BMI is in no way accurate. BMI is simply an indicator and whilst it has become very trendy over the last few years for one to check their BMI, it does not in any way provide an accurate guide. The WHO (World Health Organisation) has associated the various BMI categories to their own classification (i.e. Underweight, Healthy Weight, Overweight and Obese). But I wouldnt take it as gospel that if you fall between such and such figure, it means that you are overweight or underweight or else.... Kind Regards Alex Harriet

I’d like to thank you for your post but would point out that BMI is in no way accurate. BMI is simply an indicator and whilst it has become very trendy over the last few years for one to check their BMI, it does not in any way provide an accurate guide.

The WHO (World Health Organisation) has associated the various BMI categories to their own classification (i.e. Underweight, Healthy Weight, Overweight and Obese). But I wouldnt take it as gospel that if you fall between such and such figure, it means that you are overweight or underweight or else….

Kind Regards

Alex

]]> By: Harriet http://alexfyfe.com/is-it-the-right-time-for-you-to-lose-weight/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Harriet Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:14:16 +0000 http://alexfyfe.com/?p=104#comment-79 Hi I would like to start by saying that being overweight can be a great problem - socially if nothing else. And I would also like to say that I believe in exercise, flexibility and fitness. But we don't want to overemphasise thinness, or even for what passes as "ideal". When I look at the scientific literature it doesn't support the stated benefits of low BMIs. There was a nice study in the US which quite clearly stated that men do better with more padding - those who had a BMI of 27 had less deaths than those who had a BMI of 23. And those who had a BMI of less than 18.5 had a death rate higher than those with a BMI over 35. Rather than write it all out again I'll look out the newsletter I wrote and post it as my blog for today. Basically carrying too much weight is not the problem we make it out to be. The problem is eating too much and being unfit. If we eat healthily and exercise then we can be healthy even if over the so called ideal. And no-one wants to be underweight going into old age as that reduces longevity considerably. Hi
I would like to start by saying that being overweight can be a great problem – socially if nothing else. And I would also like to say that I believe in exercise, flexibility and fitness.

But we don’t want to overemphasise thinness, or even for what passes as “ideal”. When I look at the scientific literature it doesn’t support the stated benefits of low BMIs. There was a nice study in the US which quite clearly stated that men do better with more padding – those who had a BMI of 27 had less deaths than those who had a BMI of 23. And those who had a BMI of less than 18.5 had a death rate higher than those with a BMI over 35.

Rather than write it all out again I’ll look out the newsletter I wrote and post it as my blog for today.

Basically carrying too much weight is not the problem we make it out to be. The problem is eating too much and being unfit. If we eat healthily and exercise then we can be healthy even if over the so called ideal. And no-one wants to be underweight going into old age as that reduces longevity considerably.

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