Why is the body mass index calculated as mass/height2, not as mass/height3?

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 656-663

  Burton, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benn index; Body mass index; Fat mass index; Fat free mass index; Rohrer index

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FAT RESERVE; HEIGHT; INDEX METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBESITY; POPULATION MODELING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 40949097461     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460701732962     Document Type: Article

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