Originally Posted by
pseudobrit
The thing is that 90% of Americans are fat, so we need a numerical mechanism that tells 90% of the population they're fat. The odd musclehead gets upset, but why? If you know you're not fat why would you be upset that someone else says you are? (that's about half rhetorical there)
I get upset when I go into a doctor and they say that I am overweight - obese - because they're reading my chart and looking at theirs. A couple of times I've challenged then to put their resting HR and blood pressure against mine right then.
...but don't get me started about doctors that stick only to what the guidelines ae without any regard to the actual patient sitting in front of them....
