Weight is a big issue in America. More than half of Americans are unhappy with their weight, spending 33 billion on dieting and weight loss programs and products every year. This obsession starts younger than we'd like to admit, as 80 percent of 10 year old girls will say they are on a diet. But whether you count the millions dissatisfied with their looks, the percentage trying to lose weight, or the billions wasted on pills and fad diets, the message is the same: being the ideal weight matters, and it matters a lot. But what is the ideal weight? Doctors say somewhere between a BMI of 20 to 25. Looking at runway models, you'd think it was just this side of starving, as the stick figures that grace our catwalks have an average BMI of only 16. Ask the average man and... well, actually, that will depend on a ...
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