Is BMI The Best Health Parameter Or Is It An Outdated Calculator
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Introduced in the 1830s by a Belgian statistician who wanted to describe the ‘average man’ quantitatively, the calculation was named the Body Mass Index and popularized in the 1970s by the Minnesota physiologist Ancel Keys.
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Body Mass Index - Sugar.Fit
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Body mass index (BMI): Find your healthy weight -Why I exercise
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Body Mass Index (BMI): Is BMI a Good Measure of Health?
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BMI – Body Mass Index Is It Outdated?
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Target BMI For Every Age
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Best BMI Calculator to check Body Mass Index - Drlogy
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How Obesity is Diagnosed
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