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Old April 11th, 2008, 02:34 PM
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Why the huge difference in the numbers for men vs. women (66 vs. 655)?
In order to account for differences in body composition. Men tend to have higher BMR's than women. The initial 66 seems drastically different from the 655 for women, but is balanced out with the higher values in the rest of the equation (for height, weight, and age).
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