Wilt Chamberlain was definitely big boned...in more than one way.
This thread couldn't help but prompt a memorable snippet from "Gilligan's Island" :
Skipper: I'm not fat! I just have big bones!
Gilligan: Yeah, and they're covered with big meat!
IMO, you'd get into more hot water if you said that on TV now-- lest we upset those "differently weighted"-- than have the present vulgarities and violence.
I hope that patient sues bigly. Huge violation of privacy laws by sharing that image.
And how exactly is this patient supposed to prove that it is him/her based on the absence of any identifiers?
I'm confused. So one CT scan of someone who is not big boned proves that big boned people don't exist?
The earth is not round. What is my proof? Well glad you asked! I have right here a photograph that is not of the earth being round.
lolgic wrote:
And how exactly is this patient supposed to prove that it is him/her based on the absence of any identifiers?
Yeah, I'm calling bullshit on this image. The positioning of organs is not what you'd see on someone this big. Even with the fat layer, they wouldn't be this compact. It looks like the positioning of organs on a person of normal weight.
lolgic wrote:
And how exactly is this patient supposed to prove that it is him/her based on the absence of any identifiers?
Based on pelvis, It's a female. That narrows it down by half
As a physician, I am ashamed that a 'colleague' of mine would have such utter arrogance and disrespect for his patients in posting their images to a social media site. Even if the photos are anonymized, this reflects a disdain for those he is supposed to protect and treat, not to mention poor judgment.
I struggle to understand what he is trying to prove: Not a single physician would argue that obesity is healthy or that people with body mass indices greater than 30 can simply chalk it up to being 'big-boned.' In the end, it is clear that Michael Cellini has more regard for personal aggrandizement and recognition through social media than the patients he 'committed' to serve.
CoachB wrote:
lolgic wrote:
And how exactly is this patient supposed to prove that it is him/her based on the absence of any identifiers?
Based on pelvis, It's a female. That narrows it down by half
Not to mention the boobs.
evidence of absence wrote:
I'm confused. So one CT scan of someone who is not big boned proves that big boned people don't exist?
The earth is not round. What is my proof? Well glad you asked! I have right here a photograph that is not of the earth being round.
I was thinking the same thing as you when I read the initial post.
Tit for tat wrote:
CoachB wrote:
Based on pelvis, It's a female. That narrows it down by half
Not to mention the boobs.
With that much adiposity, those could be man boobs.
Doc above is correct
I think the point of saying someone is "big boned" is to point out the flaws in the medical profession's infatuation with BMI scores. There are definitely huge variations in bone structure and muscle mass between different individuals. I am 5'8" and raced at 130 lbs. I used to run with a guy who was a 1:47 800 guy in college. He was 5'6" and about 175 lbs. He was all muscle. I had more body fat than he did. We did not in any way have the same bone structure under everything.
CoachB wrote:
Tit for tat wrote:
Not to mention the boobs.
With that much adiposity, those could be man boobs.
No, they couldn’t.
Sexy Pro Tip: If you continue to the guy's instagram page, you can find an x-ray image of some dude who shoved a handful of small nails up his urethra.
"Big boned" is not a scientific term, so I'm not sure what anyone means by it. However, you can't compare groups of people without telling that there are large variations in bone structure that have some effect on weight. For example, in addition to height, people have different shoulder and hip widths and different rib cage circumferences. Two people of the same height can have torsos that include very different volumes (and therefore mass) based on bone structure. All things being equal, someone with a large rib cage will weigh more than someone with a smaller rib cage.
There was an interesting book of 2004 Olympic athletes showing the huge variety of body shapes (including Bob Kennedy and Deena Kastor). Some is muscle development, but bone structure is a big piece of it.
http://www.howardschatz.com/books.php?galleryID=40
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2502477/Can-guess-sport-shape-Olympians-body.html