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Originally Posted by Lasereth
Right but we are talking about being fat. Why isn't this guy fat? I eat bran cereal for breakfast, a banana and protein drink at 10, 250 calorie soup at lunch, an apple at 3, and then a vegetable and meat combo for supper and I am fat. This guy isn't. How is that explained?
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Metabolism efficiency due to genetics. Some people are born into a body that can metabolize high calorie foods more efficiently than others. This doesn't make them immune to other effects of bad foods, but it can mean that this person will have a lower body fat percentage despite poor diet and little to no exercise.
It's not fair, I know. I myself have genes that require a lot of dieting and exercising. With only moderate dieting and 30 minutes a day of exercising, I'd be about 220 lbs. with a gut. With little to no exercise and poor diet, I'd likely be in the 260s.
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Originally Posted by Atreides88
While I generally agree with you Crompsin, I will take issue with your usage of BMI as evidence. The science(there is none, go figure) behind Body Mass Indexing is a load of crap. It was created as a statistical device before the turn of the 20th Century. It does not take into account lean muscle mass, nor does it take into account body structure. It's use is one of the things that irritates me with the whole "anti-fat" crowd (for lack of a better term).
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Yeah, body fat percentage is a better method of measuring fat than BMI.