>> |
Anonymous
Height and weight generally mean nothing. It's all about your body fat percentage.
Seen 250 pounders with 10% body fat.
Seen 120 pound girls who were probably sitting at 35% body fat.
Both of the above are uncommon, though, especially in the USA. Hence why we have stereotypes. I mean, just growing up in the US, my average peers (including myself) did not and still generally do not invest TONS of time into working out. Most of us just stayed regular by doing fun things like playing basketball as a group of friends or some kids were into skateboarding. If you told me about a person in my town who was 200 pounds, I'd just naturally assume he or she was pretty tall or just carrying extra fat, because that's what I've been exposed to my whole life. Basically, anyone who was over 170 pounds and male or over 140 pounds and female growing up in my area was just plain fat.
Stereotypes aren't always bad. Many of them are just based on an average, but some are based on racism and such. I definitely don't think all black people are criminals or only eat fried chicken. In fact, statistically, prisons are more full of white people nationwide in the US than blacks or hispanics. Yet, if you asked me what percentage of people over 200 pounds were also over 20% body fat, I'd have to make an assumption of about 70%.
|