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Article: Battle of the bulge.(Editor's Note)(Editorial)
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- Reason
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- August 1, 2004
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FOR MORE THAN a decade, I weighed about 35 pounds more than I wanted to. During the last year or so, through a combination of diet, exercise, and calorie-burning irritability due to diet and exercise, I've taken the 35 pounds off. Yet with a "body mass index" (BMI) of 25, I'm still a borderline tub of lard, at least according to government-sanctioned definitions.
Your BMI is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms by the square of your height in meters; a BMI of 25 or more means you're overweight, and one of 30 or more means you're obese. (Sorry to be the one to tell you.) Back in the old days--before the late, controversial low-carb guru. Dr. Atkins ...