Mrs. Brown is 55 years old and 5 ft. 3 in. tall, with a medium frame. She reports having lost 20 pounds in the last 6 months and now weighs 130 pounds. She eats 2 meals a day and is complaining that food has lost its taste, and when she eats, she feels something sticking in her throat, pain, and discomfort; she has ill-fitting dentures that she does not wear very often. According to the previous
answer, Mrs. Brown's BMI means she is:
a. very underweight.
b. underweight.
c. normal weight.
d. overweight.
e. obese.
c
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