[stupac2]

This is straying a bit off the topic, but I'm seeing a lot of comments on weight loss in here and I have always wondered whether our societal fixation on weight as an indicator of health is misguided, vs some other measure of cardiovascular health (such as your ability to run a mile in 9 minutes or some other similar goal). I've spent a little bit of time trying to look for studies on this, not too successfully as I am not a professional medical researcher and the popular media coverage of this is very obfuscated for a sensitive topic like dieting and body image.

I mean, I'm definitely overweight but my doctor has never given me crap about it because my BP is closer to low than to high and a I bike for an hour a day (at least normally). So at least Kaiser takes that view.

Personally I'd like to get the beer gut a bit smaller, but I'm not focused on a BMI or anything.

[stupac2]

This is straying a bit off the topic, but I'm seeing a lot of comments on weight loss in here and I have always wondered whether our societal fixation on weight as an indicator of health is misguided, vs some other measure of cardiovascular health (such as your ability to run a mile in 9 minutes or some other similar goal). I've spent a little bit of time trying to look for studies on this, not too successfully as I am not a professional medical researcher and the popular media coverage of this is very obfuscated for a sensitive topic like dieting and body image.

I mean, I'm definitely overweight but my doctor has never given me crap about it because my BP is closer to low than to high and a I bike for an hour a day (at least normally). So at least Kaiser takes that view.

Personally I'd like to get the beer gut a bit smaller, but I'm not focused on a BMI or anything.