Article: Gamer study reinforces stereotypes, players say

[VectorGamer]

BMI has been said to be inaccurate, btw.

 

In my case, I would have to lose an additional 15 - 20 pounds just to be on the high side of the BMI chart. It doesn't take in account that the fact that I am above the BMI is muscle weight.

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32555719/ns/technology_and_science-games/

[VectorGamer]

Here's a thread that discusses the previous article:

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/149434-average-gamer-is-35-often-overweight-and-sad/

[STICH666]

Here's a thread that discusses the previous article:

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/149434-average-gamer-is-35-often-overweight-and-sad/

I'm 235lbs at 5'10". My BMI is off the scale. It just shows how inaccurate BMI is. I have a relatively small gut but my upper body is massive. I look like one of those deadlifters where they look fat but it's really all muscle with a small layer of fat.

[MaximRecoil]

BMI has been said to be inaccurate, btw.

 

In my case, I would have to lose an additional 15 - 20 pounds just to be on the high side of the BMI chart. It doesn't take in account that the fact that I am above the BMI is muscle weight.

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32555719/ns/technology_and_science-games/

 

BMI is a joke. It doesn't take into account anything other than height and weight. Michael Jordon in his prime would be considered "overweight" according to today's official BMI standards. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime would be considered "obese". The annoying thing about the BMI standard is that it is used to support the notion that there is a recent overweight/obesity epidemic in the United States. What actually happened is, sometime in the late '90s they moved the goalpost by redefining "overweight" and "obese" with the laughable BMI standards and overnight, millions of Americans were suddenly newly classified as "overweight" or "obese".

 

The way it stands now; ironically, is that if someone exercises to get in better shape, resulting in increased muscle mass; they will end up making the overweight/obesity statistics worse. In other words, if every adult in the U.S. got into the same excellent physical condition that Michael Jordon was in during his prime, you would hear on the news: "100% of American adults are now overweight".

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Many modern football players would be considered Morbidly obese

 

BMI doesn't mean jack shit. I mean, it's a baseline, simple to say, your X height, so you should weight Y weight. However, that throws out ALL other variables. I'm 5;4 (yeah, short I know) and according to the BMI thing, I should weight like 125.....except....I'm rather wide, skeleton wise. The smallest my waist can be for instance is 36", and that's because you hit bone at that point. If I got down to 125, I'd look kinda scary, and feel much worse, or die.

 

That being said, I am a little overweight, but that's mostly because I work in fast food (heh...breathing there will gain weight Not really but eh..) Funny thing is, I've actually lost about 20 pounds since I started working there nearly three years ago:P

 

BTW,why is this in classic gaming forum? Yeah, talking about stereotyping gamers, but beyond that not much relevance.

[VectorGamer]

 

 

BTW,why is this in classic gaming forum? Yeah, talking about stereotyping gamers, but beyond that not much relevance.

 

That's my bad - I typically post all the articles about classic gaming so it was just out of habit.

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LOL Naw, wasn't complaining, just curious, if someone came in and didn't read the link, they may be like WTF though