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Body mass and evolution: why the body mass index is a limited measure of public health

  • Written by Andrew Dickson, Senior lecturer, Massey University
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Charles Darwin died in 1882 at the age of 73, likely of a heart attack. At the time, the average life span in England was about 44 years. Darwin, by any stretch of the imagination, was a long-lived man, despite suffering some significant health issues throughout his life....

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