CRON Weight Target Measures

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Hi folks:

Here are another couple of numbers relating to possible dangers

inherent in using BMI to determine a weight objective for CRON.

It has been previously mentioned that BMI takes no account of

variations in muscle mass or bone mass among individuals. A BMI

measurement implicitly assumes that any additional weight of those

who are more muscular than the average, or have a more substantial

bone structure than average, is fat - NOT the bone or muscle that it

really is.

As a teenager I drank large quantities of milk and got a huge amount

of exercise, which may account for the fact that my bone structure

appears to have been above the top end of most scales. The following

explains the implications of this for BMI and CRON.

Using the US Navy method for calculating BF% which I posted here

recently (yesterday I think it was) I have now calculated that if I

were to drop my BF% to 10% my BMI would be 21.5!

If I dropped my BMI to 20 my BF% would be 3.3%!!

If I dropped my BMI to 18 my BF% would be MINUS 7.5%!!!!!!

Most people would consider that to be unhealthy ;; ^ )

It makes sense, it seems to me, to pay close attention to Dr.

Walford's 'do not go below' data for body fat percentage.

Rodney.