Boy+Group+TPBS

Terry, Peter, Brian, Se June
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Summary
Our discussion enlightened us to our peer’s opinions and thoughts of the BMI chart and people. It seems that we were not the only ones who had trouble placing the people in the correct category, especially towards the normal and underweight groups. The trend seemed to be that optimum women were placed underweight as what we see on television is incorrect but it is accepted as normal. The optimum men, on the other hand, were placed in the high end of the normal as they usually have high amounts of muscle that increases their weight and ,therefore, higher up in the graph. It seemed that the boys had a lower sensitivity to the optimum weight while the girls seemed to be more meticulous in the range. I was expecting great differences between the opposite genders but we seemed to agree much on most of the topics. The second burst of conversation occurred with specialized BMI charts. We agreed that there was a need for different graphs for the two genders as both were made of different genetic material and could not be generalized into one whole group. This opinion was also the same for the age groups. We all agreed that different age groups had different chemical reactions going on and could not be generalized into one whole chart. As the young are growing taller the old are shrinking while increasing in weight and could not be counted into one BMI chart. As the young have a higher calorie intake and faster metabolism while lower calorie intake and slower metabolism in the old, the charts should be separated in age groups to increase the accuracy and validity of the chart. Different cultures should have new BMI charts as they have different genetic make up as well. Koreans are naturally shorter while the Westerners have been mixing with taller genes. This would be a trend as a whole population and should be accounted for in making of the chart. Other nations have already made different charts for their own countries and the example should be followed in all countries for health benefits as well as scientific research. We talked about a KIS BMI chart that would be made using the high school’s data and be compared with the universal BMI chart. We agreed that it would generally be a move towards the shorter and underweight as we were all not yet fully grown and could be expected to grow in a few years specially since the medical records used were older. I think that we had a great discussion and the conclusion was that image had become important in our society and a universal chart would be impossible. **No worries. Wikispaces has format issues. I cannot review your Word file as it is .docx. You don't have to re-upload a new one, though. The one above on the wiki is fine.
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Spreadsheets
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AuXrchGW0EWndHJfdnJzZkl6RUc5R3V2YkhjN2dMclE&hl=en

Underweight
Male: 175cm 50kg

Female: 87 pounds 5’1

Borderline: Underweight and Normal
Male: Weight: 65kg Height: 178cm

Female: Weight 44kg Height 158

Borderline: Normal and Overweight
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Overweight
Male: Height: 171 cm Weight: 78 kg

Female: Height: 155 cm Weight: 66 kg

Borderline: Overweight and Obese
Male: Height: 191 cm Weight: 140 kg

Female: Height: 170 cm Weight: 114 kg

Obese
Weight: 130kg Height: 195cm Weight: 273kg Height: 173cm

Perfect
180cm, 68kg

Weight: 45kg Height: 165cm

Conclusion
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