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@Dammit
BMI is a very blunt tool- for example every Olympic rower would count as obese by its measure.
However it works fairly well over an entire population, if you assume that the majority of the population are not Olympic rowers of course.
If you are essentialy a healthy 12 stone six foot male who happens to be carrying eight stone of fat around then it is going to have an impact on your joints, your ability to breath, lung displacement, renal and liver function etc.
GA2G- your argument seems to be that one can be both fat and healthy.
I would posit that this is untrue.
One can be fat and strong, or fat and able to perform specific tasks extremely well, but not fat and healthy.
The excess weight being carried by the morbidly obese can and does have an impact on the physical process' and systems of the body.
None of the above is a personal attack upon you and I do not want it to be seen as such.