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Jean-Marc: Some of what you ask is addressed at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/risk.htm. This is
not a fly-by-night website that is looking to sell diet pills. However,
recently a large portion of the American population has been re-defined as
obese but the question is what are the real health consequences. This webpage
seems to address it responsibly although maybe someone else on the list is more
qualified to judge it. It is sponsored by the NIH and, more specifically, the National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. According to the guidelines on the page above,
“assessment
of overweight involves using three key measures:
The BMI is a measure of your weight relative to your
height and waist circumference measures abdominal fat. Combining these with
information about your additional risk factors yields your risk for developing
obesity-associated diseases.” A table at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/bmi_dis.htm provides information on how a combination
of BMI and waist circumference is associated with increased risk for type 2
diabetes, hypertension, and Cardiovascular disease. According to the first URL, BMI is a reliable indicator of
total body fat, which is related to the risk of disease and death. The score is
valid for both men and women but it does have some limits. The limits are:
Rick Dr. Rick Froman Associate Professor of Psychology John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/rfroman.asp -----Original
Message----- Hi Rick, These actually mean different things. Body weight is used in
the calculation of body mass. The Body Mass Index (BM!) is a number based on a
person’s weight and height. It is now the preferred measure for obesity.
If the editor took the weights and called them mass, that would be
incorrect given the usage of the term BMI. Given the popularity of the BMI, I
wouldn’t be surprised to hear someone say they are trying to reduce body mass.
However, given that their height is likely to remain the same, that would be
the same as saying they wanted to lose weight. If
you are interested in your BMI, you can try it out at: http://nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmicalc.htm.
BMI is (weight in pounds) divided by (height in inches) squared x 703. You can
also do it using kilograms for weight and meters for height that requires no
multiplier at the end. I saw a key at the calculator site that indicates that Underweight = <18.5, Normal weight = 18.5-24.9, Overweight =
25-29.9, and Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater. So for the editor to know the body
mass of your participants, he/she would have had to know their heights. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Associate
Professor of Psychology John Brown
University 2000 W.
University Siloam
Springs, AR 72761 (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/rfroman.asp -----Original
Message----- On 19 Nov 2003, Allen
Esterson wrote: a diet to lose mass. 1 a :
the often specified amount that a thing weighs
: quantity of heaviness <a basketball player with a playing weight of 215 pounds>. 1 a
(1) : a quantity of matter
cohering together so as to make one body usually of indefinite shape <a mass of dough> <a mass of ore> (2) : an aggregate of particles or things
making one body or quantity usually of considerable size <a mass of sand> (3) : a homogeneous pasty mixture compounded
for making pills, troches, and plasters <blue mass> (4) obsolete : UNIVERSE, EARTH b
(1) : the extent of body of a
solid object : the extent of space
that an object occupies : EXPANSE, BULK
<the highest mountain mass on
the globe -- Encyc. Americana>
<lifts its bulky mass over the
tangled summits -- Wynford Vaughan-Thomas> (2) : massive quality or effect
:
MAGNITUDE, MASSIVENESS <in the face of their mass and virtuosity, what was the use of
rebelling against his frequent abuse of the language -- Time> Also, it does not have a
usable verb form: one may weigh a subject, but not mass it!
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Title: Re: (hopelessly) Dumb APA style
- BMI Scale Jean-Marc Perreault
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