Overweight and Underweight

by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

FOOTNOTES

[1]These tables are based on numerous Medico-Actuarial studies of hundreds of thousands of insured men and women.

[2]A calorie is a measure of the amount of heat (energy) which the body can get from a given amount of food.

[3]See [page 18] for list of Group I and II vegetables, and for lower-calorie fruits.

[4]1 cup equals 8 ounces. 3 teaspoons equal 1 tablespoon. 4 tablespoons equal ¼ cup.