Earlier quoted context omitted.
Meta discussion is one of the core strengths of HN comments. If the GP felt that this was the most important takeaway from the article, then it's good that s/he didn't force others to read 9 dense pages of prose in order to gain exposure to the idea. And really, the title mentioning bodybuilding implies that this is a practical model. The GP is pointing out that it probably isn't.
You are not seeing this situation clearly. The research presented is useful for far more than models for the "EA Sims game" as was disparagingly claimed. The title is also fitting since the methods presented are applicable to quickly building practical models of bodybuilding. Though the modeling of visceral/organ fat is specifically excluded for further research, the fat modeling methods presented are both effective…
How is the game reference "offensive"? Their own article offered up "games" as an application of the research (in the section you quoted).
Furthermore, no one asked me a single question about my comment.
You must have a ton of time on your hands to go around trolling like this.