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"2.2 stone" is 13.97 Kg. I really dislike how the UK uses half metric system and half imperial. Such a mess. I wonder how much exercise which works on internal
by illumen 11y ago
"2.2 stone" is 13.97 Kg. I really dislike how the UK uses half metric system and half imperial. Such a mess.
I wonder how much exercise which works on internal organs would help compared to drastic weight loss? For example, yoga. Of course weight loss has lots of other benefits, but I'd guess doing exercise which concentrates on internal organs might help sooner. This might help skinny-fat people too, who have internal fat but not that much weight.
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- jfoutz 11y agoi would guess not much. you don't get to pick where fat is burned. So, for example, doing lots of situps won't burn belly fat. Bodies will pick whichever fat cell is handy and consume that. some % will come from the belly of course, but it's more like a table of all fat cells in the body where you pick a random row. it's kind of like electricity production. A power plant might be built right on top of one of the richest veins of coal in the world, but the power plant burns whatever it can get it's hands on, not necessarily what's closest.
- jon-wood 11y agoIf its any consolation we're slowly growing out of our mixed measures phase. Medical professionals all think and talk in kilos now, and people of my generation and younger trend towards doing so as well. I know that any time somebody starts talking stone to me I have to put some effort into translating it to more sensible measures.
- athenot 11y agoA related gripe of mine is when precision magically appears when conversions occur. 2.2 stone is 14 Kg if you maintain the same precision. I think in part that contributes to the metric system being perceived as complicated. - "Keep heater 3 feet (0.91 meter) away from flammable items" vs. - "Keep heater 3 feet (1 meter) away from flammable items"
- csn 11y agoI didn't think there was really anyone who actually thinks that the metric system is more complicated than the imperial one.
- illumen 11y agoYes good point. Especially when the difference is not significant. I wonder if this is what caused the error in the article? Where they use 0.6 grams in one place, and 1 gram in another place. That's quite a difference.
- jinst8gmi 11y ago> "2.2 stone" is 13.97 Kg. I really dislike how the UK uses half metric system and half imperial. Such a mess. Do all stones in the UK weigh 6.35kg?