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["Melody O." <melody AT crecon.com>]

At 02:45 PM 4/20/05 EDT, James wrote:

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>Many people have looked at those charts saying the ideal weight for a 5'8" 
>person is 122 to 164 and dismissed it as impractical.  Someone doing much 
>vigorous work isn't going to be able to be that light.  The study suggests
that the 
>ideal weight is a FEW pounds heavier than the chart says, the 5'8" person 
>weighing a bit more than 122 up to 175 or so.  And one possible
explanation is 
>that vigorous people will naturally be carrying round some muscle and
muscle is 
>heavy, almost twice as heavy as fat.

Perhaps, but how many people work (or play) that hard?  In our society I
would guess that on most it was fat.

Best wishes,
Melody