A question not being very “well formulated” implies to me that it incorporates confusions, ambiguities, false dilemmas, etc.
That a different question might be more relevant to the purpose of the post, seems a different issue.
I was very careful to formulate the question to avoid confusions, particularly in the definition of ‘overweight’ (my thinking was, Obelix would claim he was not overweight, by defining ‘overweight’ I at least ensure that different definitions of ‘overweight’ do not blur the line). In the process, I did not consider the case of a person who had relatively recently started a diet (or an exercise regimen) and whose weight had changed as a result, but not sufficiently to move past the arbitrary 25 BMI line.
This was therefore probably not the best way to phrase the question, and for that I apologise (if I were to go back in time and rewrite the question, I would take that case into account). Nonetheless, the question stands as is; I think that it is more important at this point to be consistent, and thus one of the “I diet, I am overweight” options are appropriate.
A question not being very “well formulated” implies to me that it incorporates confusions, ambiguities, false dilemmas, etc. That a different question might be more relevant to the purpose of the post, seems a different issue.
I was very careful to formulate the question to avoid confusions, particularly in the definition of ‘overweight’ (my thinking was, Obelix would claim he was not overweight, by defining ‘overweight’ I at least ensure that different definitions of ‘overweight’ do not blur the line). In the process, I did not consider the case of a person who had relatively recently started a diet (or an exercise regimen) and whose weight had changed as a result, but not sufficiently to move past the arbitrary 25 BMI line.
This was therefore probably not the best way to phrase the question, and for that I apologise (if I were to go back in time and rewrite the question, I would take that case into account). Nonetheless, the question stands as is; I think that it is more important at this point to be consistent, and thus one of the “I diet, I am overweight” options are appropriate.