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minus-square13igtyme@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days ago5% is actually quite a lot. BMI charts aren’t the most accurate because of the weight of muscle, but look at the categories. 25% is just crossing from normal to overweight. Add another 5% and 30% is now obese. To me the 5% number isn’t eye opening.
minus-squarecriss_cross@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoI dunno if you told me “Hey if you’re 250 lbs and you lose 12.5 lbs your health will improve drastically” I’d say that’s pretty eye opening. Different strokes for different folks though.
5% is actually quite a lot. BMI charts aren’t the most accurate because of the weight of muscle, but look at the categories. 25% is just crossing from normal to overweight. Add another 5% and 30% is now obese.
To me the 5% number isn’t eye opening.
I dunno if you told me “Hey if you’re 250 lbs and you lose 12.5 lbs your health will improve drastically” I’d say that’s pretty eye opening.
Different strokes for different folks though.