Whats your BMI, this is a single choice pol... - Healthy Eating
Whats your BMI, this is a single choice poll and please feel free to add comments. ❤️
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Why do you keep conducting polls & surveys - is this part of some sort of 'big data' experiment of part of an advert for Barclaycard?
Hi brumatmed, lots of members like polls and they're a bit of fun.
HU collate information anonymously by providing a useful resource for us the members, so I wouldn't go worrying about conspiracy theories...😎
Not sure of your reasons for this poll, but adding an extra few categories on the bigger end would be informative. There’s a load of difference aesthetically and health wise between those of the ‘higher 20s’ BMI and those into the 30s (is there a 40s? No doubt....), and you limit its usefulness by risking a lot of answers being clumped into an ambiguous category.
28, by the way.
It was deliberate not use obese or morbidly obese, so your point is very valid.
Ah, I see. Stringent cut off point for obese you have there. It’s usually 30.
And It's the comments on what is missed in polls that is also very interesting. 😊
The poll is very helpful and gave me a chance to figure out what my BMI was now.😀👍 Great job, Hidden .😀
Thanks for saying Leah 😊
I think the polls are for use on here and Jerry did explain how the poll was worked out on a previous post x
Worrying amount of people with BMI in the highest bracket - I thought I was bad being in the 23/24.0 zone and trying to get it lower though not today it would seem from my "bad eating day".....
I find the results of these polls very interesting so hope they continue.
Cheers Flossie20
Thank you for letting us know! The polls are full of great information and also fun.😀
Yeah, I noticed that. My BMI is a shade under 20. It takes very little effort to stay that way, and it bothers me that two-thirds of "Healthy Eaters" are technically overweight. Of course a lot of us are on a downward trajectory, but what on earth does that suggest for the rest of the population?
I bought some new jeans the other day with a 'slim' cut. I found it simultaneously irritating and hilarious that they appear to be cut for someone shaped like Dilbert, ie., a paunch and skinny legs. There's a sort of voluminous 'bag' at the top designed to accommodate a generous amount of flab. Now it's a safe bet that these are designed for Mr Average, and that's frankly scary.
I too was concerned when I saw the number who were by this measure, overweight; 2/3rds of the survey sample. The last time we spent a few days in the U.K. we were shocked to see the number of seriously overweight people walking about, in some cases with difficulty. On the aircraft going over one man had to be given two seats with the centre arm lifted because he couldn't fit into one; the seat belt was just long enough. We understand that even more people are being fitted with replacement hips or knees which is not suprising because the original joints are being over-burdened; they were not designed to carry exces weight.
On the subject of trousers some account has to be taken about race-shape. My wife who is BMI 20 can never buy her trousers or jeans in France because the French women seem to be a different shape and the trousers are very uncomfortable to wear; she has to rely on our rare visit to the U.K. to get stocked up in the good old M & S.
I stock up on clothes in the UK too because I can't find the correct shape in the Far East. However, it's now got to the point where British clothes fit WORSE than what I can obtain here.
You certainly notice the problem when you're only a visitor and you're seeing things in snapshots: every time I come back it seems people have got slightly fatter than before. I feel sure there's going to be a sudden cultural shift as soon as a majority realise that they're being given disastrous dietary advice by the Establishment, and a big outpouring of recrimination and legal assaults on those who are responsible.
Hey, I think you're very right that things have got to change...
I live in the UK and people generally look unhealthy to me and it is getting worse. You don't need to come for the occassional visit to see that. The establishment will never take responsibiity for this. Do you think the tobacco industry ever did and look at the profits they still make? It is down to each individual to make a change.
The UK government are letting down our younger generation. But then the government will go only so far and it is not easy to legislate against this. If they wanted people to eat healthily then jobs could go, tax revenue reduces, unemployment goes up and food becomes more expensive.
I would love to see a warning on processed breakfast foods as they are marketed as appearing to be healthy. How about the TV advert introduces their product with "Warning: This breakfast cereal has been processed and is not a substitute for healthy natural diet".
The cigarette industry never said 'We're sorry' and shut down their factories. They're still making healthy (haha) sales. But they WERE hauled over the coals and people today have a much better understanding about what cigarettes do to you. People haven't stopped smoking, but there's been a huge change in cultural attitudes regarding smoking. The average schoolkid is (somewhat) less likely to start smoking than he would have been in 1960.
I suspect something similar will happen with processed foods. I wouldn't like to see the government actually legislate against them, but it does make me angry that they're still telling kids it's basically OK (they've stopped saying it's healthy) to start the day with a bowl of breakfast cereal, or to eat burgers and chips every day "as long as you control your portions". Adults can make their own decisions, but 10-year-olds accept what they're told without question. That's why we've now got a population of 30- and 40-year-olds who experience visceral guilt if they eat a product with fat in it. They don't know why it's bad; the just know that someone, somewhere told them (20-odd years ago) that it's bad. So it's bad.
I would certainly like to see subsidies and legislative support taken away from "food" manufacturers (the situation is much worse in the US than in the UK). It's only that that keeps the whole house of cards from collapsing. Proper food isn't inherently expensive. It's just that grain- and soy-based, chemical-fuelled fake food is subsidized down to a completely unrealistic price, which relegates real food to a niche market. Couple that with the political power that supermarkets use to squeeze supplier profit margins down to zero, and you've got a recipe for disaster. But something has to give eventually.
Well said.
Maybe we should follow the Australian lead on cigarette packaging for breakfast cereals and just have the brand on plain packaging. There are a lot of hidden messages in the visual images. That way people are more likely to make an informed decision.
Yes, change may happen but the health cost has already been high.
Yes thanks for saying Flossie. 😊
I think if the polls are irrelevant for some, scroll on. We all have a choice 😊
And my BMI was previously almost 50, so yes, definitely higher numbers. Just on 30 now, so a work in progress, I’d say 😊
Love these polls Jerry, thank you. 😀
Thanks Alicia 😊
I have found all the polls interesting some useful to to me other not comments by some helpful. Jerry really works hard to come up with unquie ideas for these posts and would miss them greatly. Keep on posting Jerry!
Thank you cherv 😊
didnt you already post a poll like this last week?
As I said then, BMI is not really a useful indicator as muscle is heavier than fat so someone with a large muscle mass could appear to be in the obese sector
Yes and you answered on VFL this poll is running on 4 other HU groups at the moment.
You're also 100% right BMI is only an indicator and a large muscle mass will give a false indication.
Really its an indication to our health, which's very relevant and topical at the moment.
It's the comments on what is missed in polls that is also very interesting. 😊
oh thanks -I hadnt realised it was a different group! I wondered why I didnt see my original comment...
I have been T1 for 52years & have always been under weight. Now 11st & the heaviest I been in my life. I used to Race single handed catamarans & was British National Champ 3 times.
Better than it was! Still needs work xx
I couldn't vote, as I haven't a clue what my BMI is..but I'm sure it's not that good :(. Of course, BMI can be deceptive as some people have quite a high one, but they are not overweight, but very muscular. (I am not muscular btw..in fact since I've got over 60, my muscle strength has gone down, made worse by the fact my friend can no longer go on very long country walks with me and, much as I love cycling, I simply haven't had a chance for two or three years due to all kinds of very pressing circumstances.
Here’s the NHS BMI calculator Rockapple:
nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Healthyw...?
Thanks :). I had a look at that, but had to guess my weight...I have lost weight the last few years. Well, it says my BMI is something like 29..I thought it wouldn't be good :(. But I said my activity levels were 'moderate'. Even that is hard to quantify, as I tend to be on my feet doing things all day, and then sit in the evening. When/if I ever get some spare time when I am not feeling exhausted, I definitely want to get walking, cycling again. But many circumstances at the moment make that difficult. We will be moving in a few weeks time and I'm hoping it will be near enough to nice places for walking (and cycling). Nothing more tedious and tiring than tramping around on pavements amongst grey dreary buildings.
BTW I have found that I lose weight better when busy and not too stressed. Whenever I've tried dieting before, I've found that shops I would have generally just passed by, like bakers and chip shops, just jump out at me..the smell of baked bread, the smell of fish and chips etc. I've found it better not to 'diet' as such, but simply try to eat as healthily as possible. At the moment I'm coping with my husband's stroke, plus moving to goodness knows where (through the council). various family crises (my son could have died), amongst other really stressful things. Everything all at the ame time..frankly, it is too much, especially as I'm over 60. So at the moment, our meals haven't been quite so good as I normally try to make them. A couple of days, it has been so busy and I've been so exhausted we've ended up having to go to the chip shop.
Hi Rockapple, I'm sorry about your family crisis and it must be hard if your hubby has had a stroke so I'm really sorry for you all, so don't blame you for going to the chippy, in fact it sounds a good idea under the circumstances...😊
I've never trusted the BMI. I tell my doctor as much. It was created in the early to mid-1800s and is still used today. It's too vague. Surely someone has a better more modern method of determining whether you're obese, skinny, etc these days.
Like, you take a guy who weighs the same and is the same height, and yet one is very fat and one is very muscley. The BMI equation could quite easily put them at the same BMI number, and yet be entirely incorrect.
If you see the Duk bus in the town where you live. You might meet me ! I am trained at doing peoples BMI. I have done it at the Great North Run. You meet all sorts & is rewarding.
I have just read a very interesting article on the subject of the unbalanced aggression we are seeing more and more of especially in young men. The article reporting on comments made by some members of the medical profession, suggests that this most unpleasant trend can be connected to the over-consumption of cola and other sweetened drinks as well as a sugar laden diet from cakes , biscuits and sweetened breakfast cereals not forgetting some manufactured food products. It's worth a read, you can find it at: healthscams.org.uk/unbalanc...
I think this demonstrates the importance of healthy eating.
