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Measuring how fat we are
Weighing the pros and cons of three measures of adiposity.
Most of us have our private ways of assessing how fat we are. We feel the pants getting snug — or loose, if we're lucky. We take a glance in the mirror or at our reflection in the shopfront window.
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