we're all doomed.... even me

the world cancer research fund has decided that we're all going to rot from the inside out if we eat too much bacon (i'm paraphrasing slightly there. the bbc news story is here with all the usual recommendations of not drinking too much, not eating processed foods blah blah etc stuff we already know.

the interesting thing is the BMI calculator it links too. the report states "everyone should try to be as close to the lower end (of the ideal BMI range) as possible". that's a BMI score of 18.5. i'm 26.3 which makes me "overweight".

now i'm fairly fit, i lead a healthy lifestyle in most aspects; but to get to the lower end of the BMI scale i would have to lose 20kg. more than a 1/4 of my body mass. i'm trying to contain my swearing but that can fuck right off. where do they suggest i lose the weight from. perhaps lose a leg here, an arm there.... do they want me to look like some sticks in a bag? at 55kg i'd be put on a drip for being malntritionalised (is that a word?)

the report then goes on to say

"However, two-thirds of cancer cases are not thought to be related to lifestyle, and there is little people can do to prevent the disease in these circumstances."

so there's a good chance i could lose 20kg, be put on a drip for being dangerously underweight and dying from cancer anyway. w00t!



alternatively i could grow a foot taller.