Someone who seems to weigh a lot on the scale may have a healthy BMI and not need to lose weight.

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Truth is the casualty when journalists weigh unfounded assertion on the same scale as facts.

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And what ambitious scale it is: each horse sculpture can weigh anything up to a ton (1, 000 kilograms), is 16-17 hands (around 5ft 11ins) tall and can easily take the weight of a "jockey" or two.

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Withings, which makes a WiFi body scale, sends your stats online each time you weigh yourself.

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