Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "What BMI doesn't tell you about your health" video.

That's very hard to achieve. Unless you're a sumo wrestler or natural powerlifter, most healthy diets will nudge you closer and closer to a bodyfat percentage of 10-12% for males and 15-25% for females. It's the ideal number for survival. Anything more, for a period of time longer than, say, a few weeks, is indicative of an unhealthy lifestyle. Sugar is usually the culprit, but the industry has dug its heels in, and 50 years after Ancel Keys' disastrous advice to the American people, there is an entire movement of people that think this lifestyle is not only "okay," but healthy! It's saddening, to see the U.S. population become so fat and disgusting. It's not the people's fault, of course, but now we know that we've been lied to- insisting that we continue is the worst possible course of action.
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Actually most of their fat is subcutaneous, so it isn't harmful. It doesn't choke the internal organs like visceral fat does. It's more likely due to the stress they put on their bodies. Moving around that much weight, even with muscle, will do a number on your heart. Also, if they die 10 years sooner than the average Japanese, they're still living to 70. That's not bad.
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As far as I can tell, most people take issue with the video, not the article. The exceptions to the BMI 'rule' are quite obvious, and contrary to the article title flashed at the beginning, you can tell how healthy a person is by looking at them (the sole exception possibly being sumo wrestlers). Because the generally true observation, "fat = unhealthy" is being challenged, people assume that Vox has some vested interest in muddying otherwise clear waters.
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