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Originally Posted by Gary L
There are cases where these 'medical' people go by the age/height/weight charts, and tell you that you come under the obese section.
they don't take into account the muscle mass at all.
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Actually, that's a good point - when I had an operation on my knee (which, granted, was a few years ago) the consultant told me that I counted as obese. I questioned it seeing as how I'm 6' 5" and (at that time) about 14 stone, and he then admitted that his chart didn't actually go up to my height, so he'd guessed...