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jimmaswell on Sept 12, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat

For an average height, the span between the lowest non-over-or-underweight weight and the highest is a lot more than 20 pounds, and being a bit into the overweight range doesn't automatically make you unhealthy either.

chart: http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplates/Images/body-mass-inde...

zumu on Sept 12, 2016 | [–]

Don't forget there's a difference between weight from fat and weight from other sources (muscle, bone, water, etc).

mrep on Sept 13, 2016 | [–]

If you lift weights, I wouldn't use body mass indexes.

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