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Body Mass Index Calculator
Body Mass Index is one measure of obesity (or non-obesity).
Here's an easy way to calculate it (as long as your web browser understands JavaScript).
Please remember, however, that this is only one of many possible ways to assess your weight.
If you have any concerns about your weight, please discuss them with your physician, who is in a position, unlike this calculator, to address YOUR specific individual situation.
The correction for age is purely a mathematical
NOT clinical extension of the NRC adjustment,
cited in Zeman, for the "healthy weight" range.References
McTavish D, Heel RC. Drugs 1992, 43: 713-33.
Zeman FJ. Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics 1991; 481.
Committee on Diet and Health, Food and Nutrition Board, National Research Council. Diet and Health: Implications for Reducing Chronic Disease Risk 1989.
Nelson WE, Behrman RE, Kliefman RM, Arvin AM. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. W. B. Saunders Company. 1996. Edition 15: 63-67.
Hammer LD, Kraemer HC, et al. Standardized percentile curves of body-mass index for children and adolescents. AJDC. 1991; 145: 259-263.
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from:
http://www.medal.org/
The Medical Algorithms Project
Release 5.0, March 2000
by John R. Svirbely, M.D., & M.G.Sriram, Ph.D.
Acknowledgements
Bruce <bsch5555@voicenet.com>,
Robb Kiser <rkiser@r.imap.itd.umich.edu>,
George Nasra <nasdoc@penn.com>,
Stephen R. Saklad <Saklad@uthscsa.edu>,
and
Gary Gleeson <gleeson@worksafe.wa.gov.au>
for formulas and references.
