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Are you overweight? or obese?
 
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Kurisu Wrote:I think the BMI thing is a load of crock!

Case in point: I'm 6'6" and I'm about 295.

The Calculator says that my normal weight should be 161-216.

That's physically and surgically impossible.

The BMI uses a square function, not a cube function. It assumes you're two-dimensional.
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Are you overweight? or obese? - by ordnance11 - 08-04-2010, 06:06 AM
[No subject] - by Bluemage - 08-04-2010, 06:09 AM
[No subject] - by ordnance11 - 08-04-2010, 06:33 AM
[No subject] - by HoagieOfDoom - 08-04-2010, 06:36 AM
[No subject] - by Kurisu - 08-04-2010, 05:05 PM
[No subject] - by CrimsonKMR - 08-05-2010, 12:15 AM
[No subject] - by robkelk - 08-05-2010, 12:53 AM
[No subject] - by Morganite - 08-05-2010, 01:25 AM
[No subject] - by ordnance11 - 08-05-2010, 02:11 AM
[No subject] - by dark seraph - 08-05-2010, 11:03 AM
[No subject] - by sweno - 08-06-2010, 05:53 AM
[No subject] - by Kurisu - 08-06-2010, 07:30 AM
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