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Letter: A more complicated take on the formula for BMI

Published 19 October 2022

From Trevor Benn,<br/>Bolton, UK

Further to Larry Stoter’s idea of changing the formula for body mass index, there are various indices of body build calculated as functions of weight and height Letters, 1 October. I once suggested weight squared over height cubed would have optimal correlation with obesity as measured by skin-fold thickness, but some colleagues thought this might be too complicated.

Issue no. 3409 published 22 October 2022

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