tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post4896543429175107253..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Health, Wealth and Happiness. The benefits of cycling last through your lifeDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-23215572639755647452013-06-23T17:28:23.499+02:002013-06-23T17:28:23.499+02:00@Eric
But Eric, it's far easier, and a far be...@Eric<br /><br />But Eric, it's far easier, and a far better method, measuring the waistline-height ratio.<br /><br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waist-to-height_ratio<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10054519/Waist-to-height-ratio-more-accurate-than-BMI.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-24333958980371280322013-06-21T12:13:49.058+02:002013-06-21T12:13:49.058+02:00@marionros
BMI is still used because it is easy t...@marionros<br /><br />BMI is still used because it is easy to calculate, using just two factors (height and weight) which anyone can easily measure, and because the correlation (not causation) with adverse health effects is well-established.<br /><br />For instance, recent large-scale study (doi:10.3945/ajcn.112.049569) involving 379000 people in 9 European countries over 13 years found that Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731172391968063634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-49767994450261482262013-06-19T04:06:49.583+02:002013-06-19T04:06:49.583+02:00Sorry for the rant above, but the Body Mass Index ...Sorry for the rant above, but the Body Mass Index (or Baloney Measuring Index, as one might call it) makes my blood boil...<br /><br />You know what I think of why there are so many 'overweight' and 'obese' children in that paper when we see virtually none on the streets? Because an active lifestyle (sports, cycling) builds muscle and denser bones. Muscle weighs more than fat. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-27746361993857130932013-06-18T18:38:03.414+02:002013-06-18T18:38:03.414+02:00One of the reasons there are no fat kids in the av...One of the reasons there are no fat kids in the avondvierdaagse video is, of course, that overweight children prefer not to attend this sort of activity. It's quite hard to walk 10 km when you're overweight and not used to any excercise.Koenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409336272282919407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-8848828173292508922013-06-18T14:05:06.914+02:002013-06-18T14:05:06.914+02:00You are right when you say that different countrie...You are right when you say that different countries measure obesity with different measures. According to the document about obesity in Drenthe, in the Netherlands people are considered 'overweight' when their BMI is over 25 and 'obese' when over 30. <br /><br />This is an outrage! <br /><br />For instance, I am a Dutch woman of 47 years and measuring 173cm (which is but and inch Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-82564514025790155212013-06-18T09:05:46.131+02:002013-06-18T09:05:46.131+02:00You're absolutely right, but these are argumen...You're absolutely right, but these are arguments that do not seem to figure high in the priorities of UK town planners. All the high profile infra that is being proposed or has been built (poor or not) is along major commuting routes of immediate economic significance, not routes to school. That's a major part of the problem here - the focus. Of course you need much tighter "Jitensha Onihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977971109066956363noreply@blogger.com