Paul - the actual report said that she weighed 1000 lbs. This leads on to the question - how would you obtain a reading fro her BMI (assuming of course that you knew her height)? Apologists for imperial/customary units say - look it up on a set of tables, but how many tables go that far. In metric units of course, you do not need look-up tables. Assuming that she was average height (165cm), her BMI would be a massive 165! To prove a point, I converted to metric units and calculated that using paper and pencil. (A pencil, not a pen!).
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Trusten Sent: 23 August 2008 20:15 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:41622] 450 kg lady---everything's bigger in Texas http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,408609,00.html Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Blvd. Apt. 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 US +1(432)528-7724 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
