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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

Of course, as applied to individuals, BMI is essentially worthless, since it doesn't take muscle or bone mass into account.


2 posted on 02/26/2007 12:01:16 AM PST by xjcsa (Ecotards annoy me.)
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Yeah. A very in shape guy with a lot of muscle can be put under overweight or obese. It's an imprecise method of measuring obesity. Still, these findings on Pacific Islanders do seem to fit with stereotypes of people in that region.


3 posted on 02/26/2007 12:06:51 AM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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5 posted on 02/26/2007 12:21:02 AM PST by jdm
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Or even GENDER which is even more puzzling.


14 posted on 02/26/2007 11:26:04 AM PST by RockinRight (When Chuck Norris goes to bed at night, he checks under the bed for Jack Bauer.)
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