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How can you do a BMI test?
The Body Mass Index is supposed categorize you into a place in a scale to determine how healthy you are. What components would one need to provide to do a BMI test, and why?
If one were to do a BMI ...
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Why is body mass index so widely used to determine ideal body weight?
Given the fact that it doesn’t distinguish between lean body weight and fat weight, why is body mass index so widely used to determine ideal body weight?
When I started seriously exercising a number ...
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Is having a “normal” BMI a healthy target?
I always see BMI charts posted in various health related places, and I know life insurance companies use it for assessing risk.
I've heard the normal range of the index is supposedly based on what ...
