Overview
Bradley the Dragon claims to weigh 230 pounds or 104 kilograms which he also claims is not overweight for an American.
Brad's Body Mass Index (BMI) at his height of 5'11" (180cm) is 32.1 which is in the Obese category. According to the Center for Disease Control's most recent 2017-2018 study the Obesity Prevalence was 42.4%, which means statistically Brad is overweight for an American.
Brad is in several groups with increased prevalence for obesity, namely:
- He is unemployed.
- His income is below the poverty line.
- He is disabled.
- He is a furry.
- He is American.
- He lives in Indiana.
Effects on Weight from Diet
From Akil and Ahmad, 2011: We found a significant effect of consumption of low-quality food, due to economic factors, on increased BMI. Besides physical activity, the quality and the quantity of food are important factors that contribute to obesity rates.
Most streams Brad is seen consuming fast food (how he affords this with his current Financial Situation is unknown.) Long term study on Brads diet is unexplored at this point (January 20th, 2022) however a rough extrapolation of his casually observed eating habits would lead to believe that he eats fast food a minimum of ten times per week.
The low quality and high calorie load of these fast food items is a major factor in Brad's obesity.
Effects on Weight from Exercise
Brad does not exercise.
While he was initially hesitant to go on walks, he was eventually convinced to try going for a walk. This was never mentioned again by Brad.
Brad's Coping Mechanisms for his Weight
Brad has many coping mechanisms to justify to himself and the viewers why he is in fact not eating himself into an early grave.
The most common of which is simply lying, Brad has said on a number of occasions that he does not have much of a belly at all despite photographic evidence suggesting otherwise.
Brad also has expressed skepticism of the BMI system for judging healthy weight ranges saying that "The BMI system is old and hasn't been updated in ages." (CLIP NEEDED) There is a grain of truth to this cope as there have been changes to the formula proposed to make it a more accurate system of measurement. Under one of these new proposed systems Brad actually drops a whole point to 31.1 under which this new system classifies him as Obese, the same as the current BMI formula.