"How much should I weigh?" Quetelet's equation, upper weight limits, and BMI prime

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-88

  Gadzik, James ^a,b  

^a NORWALK HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 32644442772     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Quetelet A: Physique sociale: Ou essay sur le development des faculties de l'homme. Brussels. C Muquardt; 1869.
2. Keys A, Fidanza F, Karvonen M, et al: Indices of relative weight and obesity. J Chronic Dis 1972; 25:329-43.