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To: Constitutionalist Conservative

BMI is BS. People are built differently; if two men are both six feet tall and weigh 215 pounds, it is entirely possible for one to be in great shape with 10% body fat and the other to be obese with 30% body fat. Bone stucture, musculature, head size, etc. can all throw off BMI. Body fat as a measure makes sense; BMI is a crap measurement worth basically nothing.


14 posted on 12/13/2004 4:01:41 PM PST by xjcsa (Everything matters if anything matters at all...)
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To: xjcsa

You are right xjcsa, it does not factor in ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph


27 posted on 12/13/2004 4:22:03 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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