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Body · Nutrition · Pregnancy

Health calculators that show their working

Most health calculators hand you a number and hide the formula behind it. These name the equation, state what it assumes, and say where it stops being reliable — because a BMI on a bodybuilder and a due date on a 35-day cycle are both wrong for reasons worth knowing.

Body

What the tape and the scale can tell you, and where each measure stops being honest.

Nutrition

How much you burn, how much protein you actually need, and how to split the rest.

Pregnancy

Dating, milestones and weight gain — with the cycle-length assumption made explicit.