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Originally Posted by Flint
I saw a show on PBS where this guy, a medical doctor, who was a triathlete and biked 10 miles every day as a part of his training regimen, was officially "overweight" ...he was shortish and weighed like 250 pounds, and it wasn't muscle mass either, it was chub.
He reasoned that his ancestors must have selected for extreme calorie retention as a result of surviving through famine.
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Genes play a big part. As does extercise. Most "fat" tables do not accurately reflect either your level of obesity or your health status. I know some awsome athletes that smoke. I have known people throughout my career who were rock solid muscle that were off the scales on the Military Weight Charts. I was off the scale during most of my career and few would call me overweight. But there I was getting tapped with the rest of the folks who had serious weight problems. The difference is that I ran my 2 miles in 15 minutes at 40+years old, while they couldn't finish the test.