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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali
While no one is arguing that a person "this" tall should weigh "this" much, which would be an assumption ridiculously ignorant of body composition variations and totally reflective of societal standards, it's pretty safe to assume that an obese or overweight person is not operating at optimum health by standards of even nature itself, much less some arbitrary idea of an ideal society.
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i think this attitude is changing, especially with the all the information freely available on the net. anytime i've seen height / weight charts it's always a range. like my height, 6'3" the target is apparently 180lbs, but the acceptable range is from 150 to 210 to account for varying factors of one's genetic makeup.
but i clearly remember being really young and hearing about how women were all supposed to be 98lbs.
