In article , Andy Hall
writes
On Wed, 26 May 2004 08:16:18 +0100, Peter Twydell
wrote:

In article , writes


The more demanding usage-test will happen in a few months' time, when
I do the same in my home office next door to hers - she's a svelteish
60kg or so, I'm less than twice that - but not by much! ("not overweight,
jsut undertall" ;-)

Talking of thinking laterally, since body mass index varies with the
square of height, I'm surprised that nobody has thought of the idea of
some means of making people taller.

Somebody with a weight of 90kg and a BMI of 30 would have a height of
1m73. By increasing their height to 1m90, their BMI would become
25.


I'm not convinced about the worth of the BMI. As I mentioned, at 2m
tall, I weigh 115 kg, for a BMI of 28.75. I accept that's overweight,
but the theoretical healthy limit of 25 would make me 100kg, which is
15st 10. That seems far too light for my build. What about Jason
Leonard? Is he clinically obese? Or Dean Macy?


But her office gets a fair bit of traffic from me
and the kids, and there are no early disappointing signs of wear...

HTH - Stefek

Thanks for the suggestions, Stefek, and good luck!

.andy

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Peter

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