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Wow, the linked CDC page in the article says the average American male over age 20 is 5'9" and 200 lbs. That gives a BMI of 29.5, while obesity is defined as >30. Pretty amazing.
Not all that surprising. Take a look at obesity rates over time: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/vucjky/oc_...
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Some interesting information about the BMI in this opinion piece: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268... (Top 10 Reasons Why The BMI Is Bogus)
Sorry, I think pretty much all those reasons are bogus. Yes, 100% agree that, as I said, it isn't a good metric for individuals, and I also agree that the actual calculation is weird - at the end of the day it's still just a ratio of height to weight. But all of this nonsense nitpicking about bone density vs muscle vs fat is irrelevant when using it to look at large population cohorts over time. Looking at weight vs…
Wow, the linked CDC page in the article says the average American male over age 20 is 5'9" and 200 lbs. That gives a BMI of 29.5, while obesity is defined as >30. Pretty amazing.
But also BMI is a crap metric, since it doesn't account for percent fat / muscle.
Wow, the linked CDC page in the article says the average American male over age 20 is 5'9" and 200 lbs. That gives a BMI of 29.5, while obesity is defined as >30. Pretty amazing.
But also BMI is a crap metric, since it doesn't account for percent fat / muscle.
It's hard to make a ride that fits both skinny kids and large adults. It's tricky because kids are usually let on if they're at least x inches tall, but that doesn't factor in if they're so skinny that they'll be at risk of slipping out. As a kid, I had several experiences where I think I could have fallen out of a ride if I hadn't actively pushed down on the bar and pinned my legs in a wide stance. Now that my daugh…
> It's hard to make a ride that fits both skinny kids and large adults. Accepting this as true (which seems reasonable), the outcome here seems like the right one. After all, society shouldn't cater to people who make poor lifestyle choices at the expense of people who make good lifestyle choices.
The Mario Kart ride restricts anyone with a 40 inch waist or larger from riding. According to the CDC, the average American man's waist is 40.5 inches, which means most American men would be excluded from the ride. The average American woman's waist is 38.7 inches. wtf. I remember being a 38 and that was pretty big and fat. I am now down to a 31. The obesity situation is worse than I thought. I wonder where the limit…
Not to take away from your shock or from congratulations on your transformation, but I suspect you’re talking about pant sizing and the article is talking about actual waist measurement. Fashion sizing is notoriously generous and no longer reflects real/tailor measurements. The off-the-rack pants labeled as 32 or 36 or 40 are almost never reflective of an actual tailor’s measurement anymore. They’re essentially just…
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Not to take away from your shock or from congratulations on your transformation, but I suspect you’re talking about pant sizing and the article is talking about actual waist measurement. Fashion sizing is notoriously generous and no longer reflects real/tailor measurements. The off-the-rack pants labeled as 32 or 36 or 40 are almost never reflective of an actual tailor’s measurement anymore. They’re essentially just…
Most pants sit way below the waist, though. Pants labeled 38 might fit just fine on someone with a 38 waist even though the actual measurement of the pants is larger, because they are sitting far down on the hips.
It’s not even a crazy thing. People just want a way to know what to buy at the store, so the numbers are more a matter of tradition than anything.
“34” people like to buy “34” or are maybe comfortable moving on to “36” or “38” as they age and willfully let themselves go. Regardless of where fashion has the waistline fall this year, or how bodies are transforming, the product strategy involves putting the right number on the right fit.
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That’s exactly it. The average gets pulled out of proportion by outliers, so there’s a good chance that far more than 50% of US American man can ride it.
It isn't getting skewed, it is simply being different than the median. Very common in statistics.
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It isn't getting skewed, it is simply being different than the median. Very common in statistics.
What?
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What?
Expecting a gaussian distribution everywhere. For instance in dead pixels in monitors. Say that most have no dead pixels but there are 1000 with one dead pixel. Should there be 1000 with an extra pixel?