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I was talking to my son earlier today about this subject...
He is 5'8"... and lost down to 165 pounds while in the military some
20 years ago.   He says he feels better at about 175.

Nah, I have never really agreed with the weight charts
for the most part.

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Married, retired, live on 5 acres in the country (mid-TN) have three
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We are currently fencing in the nice sized back yard to contain
our doggies... then it's barn repair time and gardening along the
way.  :-)



> Someon 5'8" tall and 122 pounds is NORMAL weight according to the beginning
> assumption.    Geeeesh that's thiiiiin!  I mean terminal cancer or Auschwitz
> victim thin.  A person that thin, especiall a man, but this would be true for
> most women too, a person that thin is not carrying around any apreciable 
> amount
> of muscle.  While the article says that the study:  " controlled for factors
> like smoking, age, race and alcohol consumption", it did not control for
> whether the extra pounds were in the from of fat or muscle.  Big difference.
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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.
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