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[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

My favorite stupid unit of measurement is "A gram of protein per cm of height" for protein intake for very overweight people who have no idea what their lean body mass is or should be.

It sounds ridiculous but for 90% of people it puts you within 10% of correct and usually errs on the high side.