Reply #84: I am not disputing your claim about the weight tables,

[KitSileya]

but I would have thought one legitimate reason to deliberately adjust them downwards would be because people's weight now is more likely to consist of fat instead of muscles. Muscles weigh more than fat, and a woman weighing 200lbs because of muscles gained by doing farm work or other physical labor, would most likely be healthier than a 200lbs office worker. The same with, say a lumberjack and a stock broker. Perhaps the adjustment took that into consideration?