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To: RipSawyer

the reason why I originally said bmi is that it is so much easier to measure than body fat%. but you still have to get yourself weighed by a doctor if you expect a tax credit.

So much better than taxing and banning things and my approach actually gets people to exercise. Also, my approach won’t give credit if you yo-yo because you need to prove you lost weight and kept it off for a minimum amount of time.


36 posted on 08/13/2007 5:25:19 PM PDT by ari-freedom (I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
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To: ari-freedom

I am all for losing weight, it is just that the BMI is not nearly as meaningful as doctors would have you believe. Two men can be the same height and weight and have the same BMI but entirely different bodies. One may look wonderfully fit while the other looks like a blob. And the idea of a scale that calculates body fat percentage with just 3 inputs, age, height and weight is patently absurd.

We desperately need to find some way to motivate people, especially children, to get up off the couch and do something the way that people used to do. And we desperately need to get back on the track to eating a proper diet but how to convince people to do this is beyond me.


37 posted on 08/13/2007 6:55:29 PM PDT by RipSawyer (Does anybody still believe this is a free country?)
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