On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 01:51:23 Michael-O wrote: >this system is out of date today -> use BMI >... Dear Michael, it's NOT a matter of being 'out of date'. PLease remember, Pat is talking about a *rule of thumb*, something that would allow people to **quickly** make an assessment of his/her situation without a calculator.
Now, if you DO use it (calculator) you'll find that such "rule" is very, very accurate with few exceptions for the large spectrum of people out there. (It seems to be less accurate with shorter folks) It goes without saying thought that BMI IS the way to go. Marcus ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus
