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This is a link post How fat are you, compared to everyone else in the world?
I come in at "average for Eritrea". Go me.

Also, feel free to make your own jokes about /talk, /QotW, or internet users in general.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:14, Reply)
This is a normal post But I'm getting a beer belly :o/
Your numbers
Fat Index
20bmi
BMI is a measure of the body’s fat content based on a person’s height and weight National
Below average
You have less body fat than 92% of males aged 15-29 in your country Global
Below average
You have less body fat than 70% of males aged 15-29 in the world

Did you know?
If everyone in the world had the same body fat as you, it would remove 41,173,348 tonnes from the total weight of the world's population
You're most like someone from Bangladesh.
 (I helped save b3ta! Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:20, Reply)
This is a normal post
Fat Index
26bmi
BMI is a measure of the body’s fat content based on a person’s height and weight National
Below average
You have less body fat than 63% of males aged 30-44 in your country Global
Above average
You have more body fat than 70% of males aged 30-44 in the world

Did you know?
If everyone in the world had the same body fat as you, it would add 31,457,437 tonnes to the total weight of the world's population

And I still need to lose weight.
*assumes dramatic pose*
Curse you Diabetes!!!
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:25, Reply)
This is a normal post *ahem* "You have less body fat than 86% of males aged 30-44 in your country "
AND I've got a full head of not-ginger hair too!
*jumps, clicks heels*
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:29, Reply)
This is a normal post Well there's not that many ginger 7 foot nigerians I suppose.
Morning Tabs, saw this in the steam summer sale and thought of you.
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 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:31, Reply)
This is a normal post I got him a new signal box for his birthday.
It will look great on his train-set in the loft.
 (pissflaps. FSPW, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 10:01, Reply)
This is a normal post I have less body fat that 97% of males in the UK.
I reckon I could still stand to lose a few kilos, though...
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:31, Reply)
This is a normal post To be fair, just asking for gender, height & weight is going to give fairly shonky results.

(I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:35, Reply)
This is a normal post This is true.
It takes no account of muscle mass, for example.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:36, Reply)
This is a normal post or big bones

(benito vaselini no not that one, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:39, Reply)
This is a normal post
nes ners
 (I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:41, Reply)
This is a normal post "It's not me. It's my hormones."

(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:42, Reply)
This is a normal post Yesterday, I was taking the piss out of friend's rubbish swimming.
When he said that it's because of his denser bones. To which I cried 'bollocks', but sadly I was wrong- people of black african descent tend to have far more mineral-dense bones than caucasians. You live and learn.
tl;dr: When people say big boned, they may mean dense boned.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:50, Reply)
This is a normal post Really?
Doesn't it depend on diet? And does it make that much of a difference?
I'm open to the suggestion that there might be minor differences, but I'm sceptical of the idea that they're sufficient to outweigh the effects of environment and habit, and of the idea that it neatly follows ethnic lines (which is to say: even if there's an observable difference at the margins, it doesn't follow that there'll be one for any bog-standard individual). I'd like to hear more: do you have any references?

It could just be that he's not a very good swimmer.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:57, Reply)
This is a normal post I was extremely sceptical too (and he is a shit swimmer).
I was also (sadly) away from access to the internet: there's been a huge number of studies on it...much to my chagrin. Just google "bone density race differences"
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 10:29, Reply)
This is a normal post Hmmm... I shall check out some of those papers.
All the same, the idea that it makes a difference to swimming ability for the bog-standard is one that intuitively seems debateable. It might make a difference at the elite level; but elite swimmers of any ethnicity are so abnormal that they're hardly a good guide. Human populations simply aren't that diverse.

But I shall read more...
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 10:43, Reply)
This is a normal post Sorry- I should clarify. I'm not concerned about swimming:
I'm just amazed that there's a marked difference in mineral bone density dependant on ethnic heritage, to the extent that's it's caused academic debate.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 11:27, Reply)
This is a normal post It could point to all kinds of things.
For example, it might have to do with cultural norms that are more strongly associated with one ethnic group than another and make a difference to lifestyle. That way, it wouldn't be ethinicity per se that carries the load.

As I said, I shall read further. Google Scholar has its uses...
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 11:33, Reply)
This is a normal post There was a case of an African girl dismembered and sent down a river (the Thames I think) several years ago as part of a voodoo thing

They managed to find her killers by tracing the minerals in her bones to a remote area in Africa. Mental.
 (I helped save b3ta! Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 11:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Yup.
But that has to do with diet: if you eat veg from one area, then elements from the local soil will find their way into your body. I've been wondering ever since that case whether that particular line of forensic investigation closes with increased urbanisation, since people's diets wouldn't be so localised.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 12:55, Reply)
This is a normal post RACIST!

(pissflaps. FSPW, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 10:19, Reply)
This is a normal post Almost half an hour? What kept you?
Too busy fucking dead muslim kids?
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 10:50, Reply)
This is a normal post There isn't really an ideal weight
as
 (I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:33, Reply)
This is a normal post I need to turn off the tap to click thing on my trackpad
as it keeps submitting things when I accidentally brush it whilst typing
 (I helped save b3ta! rob, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:35, Reply)
This is a normal post I hate that too - AND I can't switch it off for some weird reason only known by my employer and Dell

(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:37, Reply)
This is a normal post If only the powers that be would allow subject lines to be edited after posting.
*hint*
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 12:02, Reply)
This is a normal post Total Toss
27 BMI

You have less body fat than 51% of males aged 30-44 in your country

This makes me think that we should reclassify what is normal to make people feel better.

I'm overweight. Not all bad though, I can aim for obese! Yay.

"If everyone in the world had the same body fat as you, it would add 45,439,259 tonnes to the total weight of the world's population"
 (I helped save b3ta! slartifartfast When all around are losing their heads, duck., Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:35, Reply)
This is a normal post Just a thought
Does the total weight of everything on the planet basically remain constant?

If 45,439,259 tonnes were added to the total weight of the world's population, this would not in fact make the planet heavier, as resources are finite and the weight would be taken by the surrounding environment - ie, 45,439,259 tonnes of chips

Any science people available for comment?
 (I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:40, Reply)
This is a normal post You're right

Mass is not gained or lost, just dissipated. However, that does add to a lot of water and other minerals, compounded hugely when less appetite equals less demand for further resources.
 (I helped save b3ta! Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:46, Reply)
This is a normal post It does vary ever so slightly.
Sending rockets into space diminishes the planet's mass slightly; meteors add to it. There's a list of things that might make a difference, but the list is small, and the difference is smaller.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:59, Reply)
This is a normal post Well, yeah.

(I helped save b3ta! Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 10:18, Reply)
This is a normal post Thanks chaps

(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 10:22, Reply)
This is a normal post Yep, meteors burning up in the atmosphere,
trickle down to the earth as dust, and add about 25 tonnes each day.
 (Sadarse works like Mist condensing mud flaps, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 17:45, Reply)
This is a normal post Stupid BMI

(I helped save b3ta! zacherynuk @echo off, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:40, Reply)
This is a normal post I like this.

(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:41, Reply)
This is a normal post Aw
Anyone want a cuddle?
 (I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:42, Reply)
This is a normal post Is it an "angry cuddle"?

(I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Could be if you play your cards right?

(I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Burkina Faso

(I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:52, Reply)
This is a normal post Eritrea earworm
You've earwormed me now, thanks; can I post this video for "Arming Eritrea" here and try to earworm you back?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkTvISL53HQ

It's SFW, unless you HATE OUR ROCK FREEDOMS.
 (Ozymandiarse I wish I were mahogany, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Never heard of FotL before.
I like.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 10:07, Reply)
This is a normal post Amazing live
I saw them play the Truck Festival number mumbleteen. They have that incredibly, frighteningly Prozac-like cheery thing going on that quite hard metal acts like Therapy? and Eiger have/had. Can definitely recommend.
 (Ozymandiarse I wish I were mahogany, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 13:43, Reply)
This is a normal post seconded
FoTL are awesome. Ex-McLusky, search for 'Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues' on youtube and you'll find a good video involving punk kittens.
 (I helped save b3ta! gypsy turnips, Sat 14 Jul 2012, 13:01, Reply)
This is a normal post Interesting thing:
Why is France so very low down the table of fat countries?
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:55, Reply)
This is a normal post Because people there are on average less fat than the others above them in the list?
The only French people I know personally are all skinny as rakes and smoke like troopers
 (I helped save b3ta! Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 10:09, Reply)
This is a normal post Exhibit "A" yer honour.

This is what I smoked for about 20 years.
Used to love sharing them with silk cut smokers and watching them go pale.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 10:23, Reply)
This is a normal post Because their
Stomachs keep going on strike and throwing everything all over the carriageway.
 (I helped save b3ta! zacherynuk @echo off, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 10:23, Reply)
This is a normal post my guess is that they have a local food tradition that hasn't been totally replaced
by the industrial diet of heavily processed shit
 (I helped save b3ta! rob, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 10:41, Reply)
This is a normal post ^This^

(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 10:45, Reply)
This is a normal post This is absolutely true- I massively admire france's attitude to food.
But it really is an eye-opening difference (complared to say ours & germany's).
 (I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 11:19, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm as dense-boned as Croatia

(Jimmers, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 10:27, Reply)
This is a normal post I've been at a cross roads on this BMI bollox until last week
I've dropped nearly 3 stone in the last 6 months, and training for a half marathon, after not being able to walk up a flight of stairs without being absolutely paggered.

My BMI at the start of all this was 27.7 and my total Body Fat Mass around 28%.

I'm now 11 stone, and starting to get quite lean. I am building a lot of muscle as well. did the checks again, and i've gone to 18% Total Body Fat but BMI is still 27+

It's got to be nonsense, if such a big change in lifestyle, fitness, size etc... means nothing on the BMI scale. For the record i am 5'4" so 11 stone is still not quite there for my liking but damn close.
 (Aamen Hammer is straining, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 10:53, Reply)
This is a normal post You're right.
It is a rough-and-ready guide. If you have a BMI of 27, then that should just prompt another question: Why?

For some people, it'll be because they're fat. For others, it'll be because they're muscular. Further, simply stating BMI doesn't differentiate between visceral and subcutaneous fat, and that's an important distinction.

As a first step, assessing BMI isn't a bad measure - but it is only a first step.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 10:58, Reply)
This is a normal post Indeed

Apparently many wrestlers are classed as morbidly obese because the scale doesn't account for this. Congratulations on the weight loss/training dude :o)
 (I helped save b3ta! Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 11:29, Reply)
This is a normal post You have a higher BMI than 97% of males aged 30-44 in your country
I seem to be on the top of the world.
 (Monocromatico Lady Godiva's horse, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 13:02, Reply)
This is a normal post BMI is bollocks.
My uncle's a bodybuilder, he weighs 16 and a half stone at 5 foot 9 which makes him obese according to BMI. There's more fat on a chicken's lip.
 (Leemondus, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 18:28, Reply)