Posted by fayeroe on October 24, 2006, at 0:35:44
In reply to Re: About the BMI calculator » Dr. Bob, posted by Deneb on October 24, 2006, at 0:21:54
> Oh Bob, I love you so. :-)
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> You're sandwiched between fayeroe and me. Aww.
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> ((((Dr. Bob))))
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> Thanks for writing.
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> Dr. Bob, did you know all those things about BMI?
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> I knew that 19.5-24.9 was ideal. I knew above 25 was overweight. I knew below 17.5 is a criteria for anorexia. I didn't know about 15 being starvation level. I didn't know greater than 40 was morbidly obese (but I could have guessed).
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> Deneb*AND the first time this came up, was from medical doctors, in the 1800s........i'm surprised that Bob didn't have this in medical school.
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