Mastering Measuring Up-BMI Style

Mastering Measuring Up-BMI Style
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With the year just starting many people maybe heading to their doctors to get an annual physical. You are dawning your stylish paper gowns and nodding as the doctor lists off your anthropometric measurements like BMI, hip-to-waist ratio and other medical talk. You agree, as if you are aware of what she is telling you, not to anger her and also because you are wearing paper over here and they keep those medical rooms so chilly. You want out ASAP and if it was something noteworthy they would have made a big deal about it, right? Well your BMI is significant and you should have some idea of what it means and where you should be on the scale.

Below are three things you should know about your BMI that are easy as pie:

Stop Eating Pie. Not really, but in all seriousness what is BMI? It is body mass index, and is a measure of body fat based on height and weight. The BMI categories are underweight =

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