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Mainstream Medicine is Singing My Song, Again
publication date: Sep 1, 2010
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author/source: Art
At long last, the problem of using BMI to judge body fatness versus muscle is under critical examination. Have a look at another NYT article for a new look at BMI, which is old to my readers. Imagine telling older people and even women to lift weights to retain their muscle tissue, as I have been saying for years. Notice also, the correction for the so-called paradox that the overweight have a higher survival rate than the underweight following a heart attack. It is no paradox; the overweight have more muscle mass. It isn't the fat, its the muscle and strength that keeps them alive.
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