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Old 21st Jan 2009, 00:16
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Dan Winterland
 
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The BMI was invented in the 1930s by a Belgian economist to assess the quality of nutrition in populations.

Thirteen of the England World Cup winning Rugby squad in 2003 were clinically obese according to their BMI.


It's bollox.



DW (BMI 26.6)
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