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To: tlb
Oh for goodness sake half the All Blacks would fail the BMI test.

While I see where the sentiment is coming from, relying on the BMI test is foolish. Not that the blushing bride would pass a body fat test, but BMI is a silly thing to use as your be all end all measurement.
7 posted on 11/17/2007 7:10:41 AM PST by faloi
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but BMI is a silly thing to use as your be all end all measurement.

But it is a measurement the central gov’t can use.

When I was a grad student studying nematodes, one of the ways to identify the type was to cut it’s rear end off and press it on a slide. The patterns you saw, determined it’s classification. I always that that would be a good way to classify people.................................

26 posted on 11/17/2007 7:22:30 AM PST by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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