[Cookie]

I was interested to read the recent climbing/anorexia discussions at 8a.nu.
What are the thoughts of the UKB gang?

[account_inactive]

It makes me sick

[GCW]

It makes me sick

Oooh, that's a bad one

[Cookie]

Ha, I had a feeling that thoughts here might be more light-hearted than over there 

I wasn't sure what I thought about it until I read Adma Ondra's stats.  If his height and weight are correct at 170cm and 48kg, his BMI is 16.6.  But he's clearly not unhealthy, he's just not fully grown yet, and has a muscular and slim physique. 

Anyone who keeps their BMI below 18 and maintains the strength and stamina to climb well has my respect.  My BMI's between 19 and 20, and when I've tried to lose weight I just get weak and tired and stroppy.

[Houdini]

                                      Rather you than me.

[Jim]

Most climbers look malnourished if you ask me

[saltbeef]

It makes me sick

thats bulimia nervosa.

anorexia is a sorry illness, and interestingly more or less exclusive to developed nations. whether this is down to media influences in the west and lack therof in developing countries, underdiagnosis (unlikely) or just the fact that the poor buggers have more interresting things to worry about (tsunamis, malaria, war etc) than if their a size zero. poor bastards.

[account_inactive]

It worked for the point of the pun

[webbo]

It makes me sick

thats bulimia nervosa.

anorexia is a sorry illness, and interestingly more or less exclusive to developed nations. whether this is down to media influences in the west and lack therof in developing countries, underdiagnosis (unlikely) or just the fact that the poor buggers have more interresting things to worry about (tsunamis, malaria, war etc) than if their a size zero. poor bastards.

anorexia is just a medical condition.anorexia NERVOSA is the psychiatric illness/condition.the icd-10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders code f50 eating disorders.excludes anorexia or loss of appetite.
there is a whole bunch of other symptoms beside a b.m.i. of 17.5 before you can diagnose a.n.

   

[dave]

It worked for the point of the pun

I would question if that was actually a pun. It was hilarious though.

[Jaspersharpe]

While I'm sure it has it's uses, in my experience calculating ones BMI is a load of wank.

[Cookie]

there is a whole bunch of other symptoms beside a b.m.i. of 17.5 before you can diagnose a.n.

Exactly, hence Odrna's stats being healthy for a young skinny boy.  I also agree with Jaspersharpe's comment too, as its possible for muscular trained athletes to have an 'obese' BMI with a body fat <5%

Still, on the 8a.nu discussion I got the impression there was a bit too much protesteth going on...

[Nibile]

8a is the most insane bunch of idiots ever. they are obsessed by rules and stats, trying to cut down this discipline to bare numbers and to make everything uniformed.
they are disgusting, they lack fantasy, joy, self humour and bona fide.

[Cookie]

8a is the most insane bunch of idiots ever. they are obsessed by rules and stats, trying to cut down this discipline to bare numbers and to make everything uniformed.
they are disgusting, they lack fantasy, joy, self humour and bona fide.

Ooh, is it wrong that I got slightly aroused reading this post?

[Jaspersharpe]

Well said Nibs.

[Houdini]

8a is the most insane bunch of idiots ever. they are obsessed by rules and stats, trying to cut down this discipline to bare numbers and to make everything uniformed.  they are disgusting, they lack fantasy, joy, self humour and bona fide.

They are c*nts (my trans.)

[slackline]

BMI is a pretty wank metric anyway.  When I've included aspects of individuals body fat based on physical parameters I've tended to use the waist-hip ratio (WHR) as its a more reliable than BMI (measuring body fat using those fancy eletronic resistor things was not feasible in this study and they're not massively reproducible either).

[nik at work]

It makes me sick

thats bulimia nervosa.

 

He could mean sick as in unwell rather than vomiting?

[dave]

or sick as in really good, rad, awesome, ill, crazy etc

[Paul B]

there is a whole bunch of other symptoms beside a b.m.i. of 17.5 before you can diagnose a.n.

Exactly, hence Odrna's stats being healthy for a young skinny boy.  I also agree with Jaspersharpe's comment too, as its possible for muscular trained athletes to have an 'obese' BMI with a body fat <5%

Still, on the 8a.nu discussion I got the impression there was a bit too much protesteth going on...

my bmi would currently be ok but roll it back to about a year ago and it would be to low...

[Nibile]

21,7 ningun problema here.

[BenF]

I love the way there are two threads going here:

A) a discussion about anorexia
B) a debate about puns and anorexia jokes

Obviously I find the punning/joking element the more informative one.    

[GCW]

My BMI is just over 24 at present, but that's all beer gut.
"Anorexia" simply means lack of appetite and is a symptom not a condition.

BMI is fair for the general population, but in athletic people is often a waist of time.  If you are wiry and strong your BMI may well be low, if you are a bodybuilder you may be obese according to BMI.
And why can't you just lie on 8a?  Or do you get a medical before you can sign up?

[Fiend]

8a.who?

[Jaspersharpe]

BMI is fair for the general population, but in athletic people is often a waist of time. 

That certainly is a bad pun. Well done for combining both threads in one post.

My BMI is about 19 by the way and the calculators alway say I'm underweight which is total crap.