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Chris Malcolm
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Barbara Hirsch <[email protected]> writes:
>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 11:49:28 -0400, "Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>I start being able to stop BP and cholesterol medications for my patients as
>>their BMI approaches 20.
>I have been to your site, and if the pictures are of you, you are a
>small Asian man. Asians have lower BMI requirements than Caucasians
>and Blacks. As a matter of fact, recent literature points that Asians
>start having metabolic problems at a BMI of 23.
Were they comparing Asians in Asia with Caucasians in US, or were they
all normalised 3rd gen US citizens with same lifestyle and diet?
I've seen papers which suggest Caucasians start having problems at BMI
23. It's hardly a metabolic problem, but I (Caucasian) start snoring
over a BMI of 21.
>On the other hand, Cal Ripkin and Michael Jordan, when they were
>playing baseball and basketball respectively had BMIs of 27.
Of course, because BMI is calculated from height and weight. The
usual BMI rules don't apply to folk with extra muscle mass.
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Chris Malcolm [email protected] +44 (0)131 650 3085 DoD #205
School of Informatics, Edinburgh University, 5 Forrest Hill,
Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK. [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/ ]
>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 11:49:28 -0400, "Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>I start being able to stop BP and cholesterol medications for my patients as
>>their BMI approaches 20.
>I have been to your site, and if the pictures are of you, you are a
>small Asian man. Asians have lower BMI requirements than Caucasians
>and Blacks. As a matter of fact, recent literature points that Asians
>start having metabolic problems at a BMI of 23.
Were they comparing Asians in Asia with Caucasians in US, or were they
all normalised 3rd gen US citizens with same lifestyle and diet?
I've seen papers which suggest Caucasians start having problems at BMI
23. It's hardly a metabolic problem, but I (Caucasian) start snoring
over a BMI of 21.
>On the other hand, Cal Ripkin and Michael Jordan, when they were
>playing baseball and basketball respectively had BMIs of 27.
Of course, because BMI is calculated from height and weight. The
usual BMI rules don't apply to folk with extra muscle mass.
--
Chris Malcolm [email protected] +44 (0)131 650 3085 DoD #205
School of Informatics, Edinburgh University, 5 Forrest Hill,
Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK. [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/ ]