You FAT bastards! 355 of Kiwis obese

[HenryDorsetCase]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/6163892/Kiwis-sit-and-eat-too-much


The battle of the bulge is being lost, with more than half of the population in the dangerous weight zone.

A staggering 63 per cent of New Zealanders are either overweight or obese, according to a survey by market researcher Roy Morgan.

[Taz]

Only 355 obese kiwi's? That's not bad.

[Virago]

Yeah - 355 is less than 0.01%... :blink:

[Paul in NZ]

Well BMI isnt always a great indication unless you want a nation of anorexics. Nearly all of the all black squad would be classed as 'overweight'

eg - Ritchie McCaw at 1.87m tall and 106kg = BMI 30






BMI result
Underweight Healthy Overweight Obese
NZ European Less than 18.5 18.5 to 25 25 to 30 Greater than 30

Maori/
Pacific Islanders
Less than 18.5 18.5 to 26 26 to 32 Greater than 32

[FJRider]

I wonder if they blow on their pies ... ???

[oneofsix]

"according to a survey by market researcher Roy Morgan."

I wonder who would be sitting around with time to do his survey? Wouldn't be us fatties as we are too busy watching telly or re-heating the pies.

We are getting fatter because the marketing companies want us to. The fat isn't real it is all just spin.

:corn:

[yod]

woohoo, 27.2! I'm a fat fuck!! beat that!

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmi-m.htm

[DrunkenMistake]

Woop does this mean I qualify for a sickness benefit? :innocent:

[oneofsix]

woohoo, 27.2! I'm a fat fuck!! beat that!

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmi-m.htm

yeah I can beat that by over 50% and still jog over 5k.

Wonder if the pie is ready yet? Bloody microwaves are slow. :corn:

[DrunkenMistake]

Admittingly I have put away the beef over the last few years, but when i was playing rugby I was 165cm and between 65-70kg, which still made me over weight according to the BMI, and I was as fit if not fitter than a fiddle and as well built and a brick shit house :facepalm:

[nzmikey]

Admittingly I have put away the beef over the last few years, but when i was playing rugby I was 165cm and between 65-70kg, which still made me over weight according to the BMI, and I was as fit if not fitter than a fiddle and as well built and a brick shit house :facepalm:

Light weight , got me a BMI of 41 :woohoo: I WIN!!! ......... Oh wait hang on ..... wrong sort of competition ..... :facepalm:

[DrunkenMistake]

Light weight , got me a BMI of 41 :woohoo: I WIN!!! ......... Oh wait hang on ..... wrong sort of competition ..... :facepalm:

im now 35.3 so you and I should go claiming benefits! :D

[bogan]

41 eh, that's over two of me then, I only got 18.4!

[nzmikey]

im now 35.3 so you and I should go claiming benefits! :D

Where do I sign up ? & then can I quit work as I will be on a beni ......( Should buy a Harldey as well )

[DrunkenMistake]

Where do I sign up ? & then can I quit work as I will be on a beni ......( Should buy a Harldey as well )

Dunno if they would be able to drag your lard ass,
But Winz maybe... Lmao im tempted to go to the effort to fight for one..

[oneofsix]

Dunno if they would be able to drag your lard ass,
But Winz maybe... Lmao im tempted to go to the effort to fight for one..

we is special. Out of over 4 million people there are only 355 of us. I idea of having to get an Harley tractor scares me though, I thought cruising was a retirement 'activity'. :sunny:

[HenryDorsetCase]

Only 355 obese kiwi's? That's not bad.

Ah, fuckit. Meant to be 35% and I can't edit Mr title.

[nzmikey]

Dunno if they would be able to drag your lard ass,
But Winz maybe... Lmao im tempted to go to the effort to fight for one..


Here ya go buddy , giz a cuddle aye :killingme ( note the gloves for safety )
http://i.imgur.com/Z39O0.jpg

[HenryDorsetCase]

Here ya go buddy , giz a cuddle aye :killingme ( note the gloves for safety )


someone should send that to Cycle World for Slipstream.

[Paul in NZ]

Here ya go buddy , giz a cuddle aye :killingme ( note the gloves for safety )


Far out - I was just thinking, "I had a shit nights sleep - wonder if I should give the gym a miss tonight'.... I'm going to the gym, thanks...

[DrunkenMistake]

I do believe im now 10kg's lighter,

Had to spew a little

[ducatilover]

41 eh, that's over two of me then, I only got 18.4!
20.3!
Good thing I've started training again. All the ego adds weight.

[Tigadee]

:blink: I'm 32.2 - Obese!

:no: Where's my spinach chai shake?

[Deano]

It's a joke.

My BMI is 24.2, at the top end of normal.

6ft and 80kg.......lean as.

I'm betting my body fat is easily less than 10 %.

Some years ago when training hard 6 times a week I was 6ft and 76kg with a body fat of 8%.

[slofox]

BMI is 24.6 so I'm not a fatarse after all. Does this mean I have to resign from the FBMC?

[oneofsix]

BMI is 24.6 so I'm not a fatarse after all. Does this mean I have to resign from the FBMC?

It is all that wine you drink. You don't see many fat winos :shutup: The government should remove the tax from wine to encourage weight loss. :yes:

[kiwifruit]

It's cool to be fat

[Spearfish]

It is all that wine you drink. You don't see many fat winos :shutup: The government should remove the tax from wine to encourage weight loss. :yes:

West Aucklands answer to to the old blubber guts is to manufacture "P". I think per head we are top of the world!

Never seen a fat P whore...



Shyt does that leave a door open?

[The Singing Chef]

woohoo, 27.2! I'm a fat fuck!! beat that!

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmi-m.htm

23.5

I win :innocent:

[oneofsix]

23.5

I win :innocent:

and you call yourself a chef? you are nearly anorexic :laugh: must be all that singing.

[Usarka]

Well BMI isnt always a great indication unless you want a nation of anorexics. Nearly all of the all black squad would be classed as 'overweight'

eg - Ritchie McCaw at 1.87m tall and 106kg = BMI 30



Common argument used by fatties, but it doesn't work because fuck all kiwi's are built like richie mccaw. Maybe subtract 2% from that 65% in the article.

If you're 106kg with low body fat then fine, but odds are that if you're 106kg you're a cheeseburger munching lard arse!

[The Singing Chef]

and you call yourself a chef? you are nearly anorexic :laugh: must be all that singing.

I blame the fast metabolism, I usually eat a shitload, trying to put on weight actually.

I also blame girls, fuck they are stressful!!

[nzmikey]

Common argument used by fatties, but it doesn't work because fuck all kiwi's are built like richie mccaw.

If you're 106kg with low body fat then fine, but odds are that if you're 106kg you're a cheeseburger munching lard arse!

Pie munching thank you :bash:

[Paul in NZ]

Common argument used by fatties, but it doesn't work because fuck all kiwi's are built like richie mccaw. Maybe subtract 2% from that 65% in the article.

If you're 106kg with low body fat then fine, but odds are that if you're 106kg you're a cheeseburger munching lard arse!

I'm 1.81 and 96kg so it works out at 29.

Def got some body fat to shed and I have no trouble with 'overweight' tag except when its dished out by the scrawny nurse at the practise I use. I work out strenuously 4 times (min) a week and have never been fitter or stronger. All I'm saying is that BMI is not a reliable indicator for people that take exercise like weight training seriously unless they are marathon runners..... In fact I bet the bloody BMI was invented by a damn runner - or a ballet dancing fairy cyclist - scrawny bloody bastards taking revenge on us - I hates them I do.....

[Spearfish]

Whats 182cm and 156kg? In the Big Mass Indeed index?


To farken big for a 76 xl 125?
One thing for sure it never doesn't feel like it needs a tune...

[george formby]

:shit: 19.8!!! and I'm supposed to be normal? I've seen more meat on a butchers pencil than I do in the mirror every morning. I think the BMI calculator is bunkum.

[george formby]

I blame the fast metabolism, I usually eat a shitload, trying to put on weight actually.

I also blame girls, fuck they are stressful!!

Turn your phone off then.:laugh:

[HenryDorsetCase]

my BMI is 26.

interesting, I've worked fairly hard the last six months to get fitter, (plus having found something I love doing helps) and my waist has decreased. Also trying to drink less beer. A lot of calories, delicious, alcoholic calories in beer.

mmmmm beeeeeeer.

[The Singing Chef]

Turn your phone off then.:laugh:

I wondered why my internet usage was so high on my phone...:innocent:

[PrincessBandit]

41 eh, that's over two of me then, I only got 18.4!

So you qualify for two 18 1/2 year olds? Ooops, wrong end of the stick there...

I reckon the BMI is a load of bollocks. Sure I'm heavier than I'd like to be (I gave up the dream of ever getting my 20 year old figure back long ago) but for me to be considered borderline obese is just laughable.

[Shadowjack]

29.4
If I'd only never been a smoker, I coulda been 7 ft tall - no worries about BMI then!

[yod]

23.5

I win :innocent:


and you call yourself a chef? you are nearly anorexic :laugh: must be all that singing.
never trust a skinny chef.....




mmmmm beeeeeeer.
amen to that, brother :not:

[Maha]

never trust a skinny chef.....


Nor a fat one cos the leak sweat and nose drips into your food...:sick:

[Teflon]

Nice.. 41.2

45 is my new goal for 2012

[dogsnbikes]

woohoo, 27.2! I'm a fat fuck!! beat that!

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmi-m.htm

no womder the birds so slow:innocent:

31.8 but for me to get too 24.9 I shud be 82kg's WTF:blink:

[slofox]

Whats 182cm and 156kg? In the Big Mass Indeed index?

Errrmmmm...it's 47.1...

[DrunkenMistake]

Errrmmmm...it's 47.1...


Welcome to FBMC

[mashman]

31.6... bring on chrimbo, I fancy improving that score.

[Berries]

I work out strenuously 4 times (min) a week and have never been fitter or stronger.
Four minutes a week is just a good wank.

[yod]

Four minutes a week is just a good wank.

:killingme

nice.

[yod]

Nor a fat one cos the leak sweat and nose drips into your food...:sick:
:sweatdrop eeeeewwwwwww....


no womder the birds so slow:innocent:
yep, still not enough cc's....time for an upgrade....
http://www.fastdates.com/PLN.Images2011/FGRv6motorcycle3.jpg

[Headbanger]

woohoo, 27.2! I'm a fat fuck!! beat that!

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmi-m.htm

37.7

.........

[Woodman]

187cm and 105kg and my BMI is 30 = obese at 44 years old and goes for the odd walk.

187cm and 115kg and my BMI was 32.9 = obese at 20 -32ish when I was playin rugger and was friggen fit as a buck rat.

Haven't been much under 100kgs since I was 18.

What should I do??, I would look like a freak if I was 80kg.

[dogsnbikes]

yep, still not enough cc's....time for an upgrade....


got seven letters for you







s i d e




c a r





:killingme

[yod]

got seven letters for you







s i d e




c a r





:killingme

i think you're onto something there, then I could carry all the pies I want! :drool:

[ynot slow]

Read an article in hospital Thursday week ago or so,obese bmi about 33.My BMI last year or so was about 26.5,the Thursday when doing pre-op tests it was 15.2.Not good lol,1.75cm and 46kg,was scary to see written down.

Am a disgrace to the fat bikers club for sure am I.

[HenryDorsetCase]

:sweatdrop eeeeewwwwwww....


yep, still not enough cc's....time for an upgrade....
http://www.fastdates.com/PLN.Images2011/FGRv6motorcycle3.jpg

Thats a funny lookin Harley. Is it onea them newfangled Buells?

[dogsnbikes]

i think you're onto something there, then I could carry all the pies I want! :drool:

That reminds me I need too stop in at pete's pie's, only need one more stamp on my pie-card:innocent: and I get a free pie mmmmmmmm :drool:

[avgas]

I dunno why they call it Roy Morgan.

I guess Tabesh Doss Research would put people off answering the questions.

[yod]

That reminds me I need too stop in at pete's pie's, only need one more stamp on my pie-card:innocent: and I get a free pie mmmmmmmm :drool:

time to get that second pie strip sewn in? ;)

[dogsnbikes]

time to get that second pie strip sewn in? ;)

speaking of pie strips, that has actually been removed :wari:

[meteor]

180cm and 85kg = bmi of 26.2 which means I'm overweight. No way.
I run, cycle, do gym bootcamps, ride off road and wouldn't carry more than 15% fat.
I reckon the scale is set for people with no muscle mass so they weigh very little.

[oneofsix]

180cm and 85kg = bmi of 26.2 which means I'm overweight. No way.
I run, cycle, do gym bootcamps, ride off road and wouldn't carry more than 15% fat.
I reckon the scale is set for people with no muscle mass so they weigh very little.

The scale is set by the American medical insurance industry. A year or so back they lowered the BMI so whereas before hand you might have been normal they can now say you are a risk and adjust the insurance accordingly. Reality has nothing to do with it.
Doesn't matter to me cause I know I am Obese no matter what table they use.

[Stirts]

I reckon the scale is set for people with no muscle mass so they weigh very little.

This "BMI" scale does not take into consideration such things as body composition i.e muscle mass, bone density blah, blah, blah de blah. It only is a very vague indicator/benchmark/measure of height over weight....so rather pointless.

Not a very accurate measure to tell you if you are a fatty fat or not.

Get a fat pinch/skinfold test done, and if the calipers can't open far enough over your many cheese incrusted folds, then you know you are a fat fuck.

[Fatt Max]

I gave up the 'Im Heavy Boned' excuse after I realised I have seen a fat skeleton.......

[rachprice]

Well BMI isnt always a great indication 32

They are the exception not the rule

Things are never black and white obviously but it's a pretty good indicator

And yes our nation is incredibly overweight

[Oblivion]

Eeeeh, ummmm

17.6........:crazy:

HAs been that way for the past 4 years, and I'm on the internet for more that 3 hours a day, and don't exercise and eat shit food all the time. :sweatdrop:sweatdrop:sweatdrop

[McJim]

I race bicycles over fairly large distances. I'll plug in about 250km+ per week on the bicycle. I'm quite competitive (have won club races and placed a few times) and yet my BMI is 24.8. Only just outside the "Overweight" classification. I think BMI is garbage. I also think wobbly people should buy a bicycle. :Pokey:

[oldrider]

I'm a skinny old prick so someone has got my share ... frankly they are welcome to it ... happy Christmas, enjoy my fat! :niceone:

[cold comfort]

[QUOTE=Paul in NZ;1130218830]Well BMI isnt always a great indication unless you want a nation of anorexics. Nearly all of the all black squad would be classed as 'overweight'

eg - Ritchie McCaw at 1.87m tall and 106kg = BMI 30


yup. At 92 kg and 190.5 I'm officially still a fat bastard at 25.4 . BMI is a total crock. About as useful at measuring health as GDP is at measuring well being.

[Spearfish]

I race bicycles over fairly large distances. I'll plug in about 250km+ per week on the bicycle. I'm quite competitive (have won club races and placed a few times) and yet my BMI is 24.8. Only just outside the "Overweight" classification. I think BMI is garbage. I also think wobbly people should buy a bicycle. :Pokey:


You were on a roll until the italics bit.



Ive never been over weight, I am just to short...

[oneofsix]

I race bicycles over fairly large distances. I'll plug in about 250km+ per week on the bicycle. I'm quite competitive (have won club races and placed a few times) and yet my BMI is 24.8. Only just outside the "Overweight" classification. I think BMI is garbage. I also think wobbly people should buy a bicycle. :Pokey:

Sorry you will just have to switch to walking but you might also have to have a little op as I note the study was only on woman.


Women who walk at least 10,000 steps a day have no greater muscle strength and perform no better on tests of balance and agility than women who walk fewer than 7500 steps, according to a new study
Researchers did find, however, that extra walking each day is tied to favourable measures of body fat, weight and endurance

So once we are all skinny anorexic little plebs with no body condition they can release that the next virus to reduce the population. Got love a conspiracy theory.

[scissorhands]

my BMI is 26.

interesting, I've worked fairly hard the last six months to get fitter, (plus having found something I love doing helps) and my waist has decreased. Also trying to drink less beer. A lot of calories, delicious, alcoholic calories in beer.

mmmmm beeeeeeer.

"There are 20-plus risks associated with obesity. It's a horrific disease and it should be regarded as a disease in its own right."

I miss the beer too. The BMI is crap for well muscled guys or big busted girls, more 'one size fits all' crap like '8 glasses of water a day'. All you need to do is look in a mirror

I've lost 4kg in 10days with a frugal attitude around food, and the surf has been good most days. Finding something I love doing in Ak, is what I need to find, long term, or move to Piha Indo Tahiti or Hawaii

me losing weight yesterday http://nzsurfpix.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Wed-21-Dec-Piha/G00005w2xMCMf1_A/I00009zOkDzdcSnQ

[Usarka]

Obesity has become so normal of the last couple of generations that most people will argue that the measurement is rubbish....

If you're not athletic or muscular then the bmi is correct and you're fat. And no, spending 5 mins every day on an ab circle pro does not make you athletic or muscular!

[HenryDorsetCase]

Obesity has become so normal of the last couple of generations that most people will argue that the measurement is rubbish....

If you're not athletic or muscular then the bmi is correct and you're fat. And no, spending 5 mins every day on an ab circle pro does not make you athletic or muscular!

that ab circle pro makes me giggle. the ads talk about "the equivalent of 100 situps in just three minutes" or something. But you could do 100 situps in three minutes. Well 100 crunches. not me, obviously. but fit people.

[jazfender]

that ab circle pro makes me giggle. the ads talk about "the equivalent of 100 situps in just three minutes" or something. But you could do 100 situps in three minutes. Well 100 crunches. not me, obviously. but fit people.

All while not looking like a complete tosser.

Because the BMI chart is literally a chart on mass, it seems unfair when people come in all shapes and sizes. I think a more meaningful indicator on the state of things would be a measure of healthiness.

That's not to say the western world isn't full of fat cunts, cos it is.

[jasonu]

well bmi isnt always a great indication unless you want a nation of anorexics. Nearly all of the all black squad would be classed as 'overweight'

eg - ritchie mccaw at 1.87m tall and 106kg = bmi 30



fat wanker!!!