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Medieval monks noted that using a similar gearing system driven by a descending weight might be used to measure out an hour of time mechanically.
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So by standing on this board, it can measure your weight.
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The Indirect calorimetry is well established and widely used to measure metabolism, and recommended for the treatment of obesity and management of weight by World Health Organization, American Dietetic Association and American College of Sports Medicine.
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The European Parliament is under pressure from green activists who want hard biomass targets, which measure the largest maximum sustainable yield (MSY) - or largest catch - by weight.
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This is accomplished by using a wireless device (Fitbit) and a Withings scale (to measure your weight, track sleep, and activity) along with motivation from a registered dietician, an exercise physiologist, and behavioral coaching sessions via Skype.
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By controlling for individual and environmental influences on weight, such as income and health, they then measure whether food-price changes affect body-mass index (BMI).
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While the CPI at one time was the measure desired by the public, government efforts turned the CPI away from measuring the price changes in a fixed-weight basket of goods and services to a quasi-substitution-based basket of goods, which destroyed the concept of the CPI as a measure of the cost of living of maintaining a constant standard of living.
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