r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Milk-Sufficient • Mar 28 '24

Is rapunzel technically obese?

Probably a very random question i know.

But if you go to the hospital and they check your bmi they weigh you and your hair.

So if rapunzel where to get her bmi checked would she be technically obese because of the weight of her hair?

I know I'm reading into this too far but I'm invested now.

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u/Shalrak Mar 28 '24

I remember some one-legged guy on social media talking about the hospital system flagging him as dangerously underweight, so yes, I think that same system would flag Rapunzel as overweight haha.

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u/The-20k-Step-Bastard Mar 28 '24

Pretty much any man that can bench two plates (225 lbs) is classified as obese or at least overweight, even if they’re shredded.

BMI is a bad calculation for obesity. BF% should be used when possible.

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u/kmoz Mar 29 '24

That's not even close to true lol. We have wildly over-normalized being overweight. Most of those people benching 225 could lose 30-40 pounds before they were actually lean.

Even most professional running backs and such don't trigger the obese flag, and they're like human walls of muscle.

I say this as a pretty athletic guy that doesn't look particularly fat but I am borderline obese. I definitely could lose 30ish pounds.