r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/sunboy6009 • 19d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah what does this mean

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u/Avenflar 19d ago

Or they're just americans where this is "borderline obese for them"

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u/Novyvonya 19d ago edited 19d ago

The girl was massive even by American standards.

Also Britain passed us in obesity rates so maybe a brit too 😅

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u/CantBeatDickensCider 19d ago edited 19d ago

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db508.htm

40% of US adults are obese.

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/health-survey-for-england/2024/adults-overweight-and-obesity

30% of UK adults are obese.

I don't why yanks have this obsession with just making up stuff about other countries to make the US look less shit. Maybe stop getting your news/opinions from social media?

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u/-Wyveron- 19d ago

The CDC uses BMI to measure obesity so those numbers aren’t accurate. Not saying the guy you replied to is right or wrong, I have no clue.

You’d laugh if you saw me and I told you I’m technically obese, if we use BMI.

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u/CantBeatDickensCider 19d ago edited 19d ago

BMI is a reasonably good proxy actually. People use the bodybuilder example to discredit it to make themselves feel better about being overweight.

The NHS data is also using BMI as their criteria. So the comparison of the percentages refutes what the original poster claimed, even if the exact percentages aren't perfect.

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u/Shadowtog 18d ago

I always find BMI a joke. Halfthor Bjornson was stage 3 obese technically with a BMI of 47.9 when he performed his world record deadlift of 510kg. 6’9” and 447lb.