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DyllonKazuo

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on: Aug 2, 2018
After her first visit to the physician, SP weighed 90 lbs. Her weight before her diet was 120 lbs. What was her percent loss of weight

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Determine SP's IBW and percent IBW . Show all work.


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Reply #1 on: Aug 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Original weight - Final Weight = Loss of Weight 120 - 90 = 30 lbs

Loss of Weight/Original Weight x 100 =  Loss 30/120 x 100 = 25

Answer to Question 2

Ht = 5'2
IBW = 100 + 10 = 110 + 10
IBW = Actual Weight/ IBW x 100 = 85/110 = 77


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Reply 2 on: Aug 2, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

kjohnson

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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