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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KennyA" data-source="post: 2586248" data-attributes="member: 517579">If you look up the weights and heights of (say) Six Nations rugby players and convert them to a BMI figure you'll find that they are all obese, according to BMI.  Of course they're not obese, but it shows the limitations of a measurement that was useful up to a point when applied to populations (ie 10,000 or more) but not so good when applied to individuals.  It doesn't work for me at one end of the size/build spectrum and I suspect it won't work for you at the other. The other point is that weight loss and fat loss are not the same thing.  If you replace fat by muscle (muscle is heavier)  you can gain weight while losing fat. There is a huge industry depending on selling you the latest thing in weight loss and it does that by making things as scary and confusing as it can.</blockquote>

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