this system is out of date today -> use BMI BMI = mass/hight in m²
e.g. 90/1,85² = 26,3 Slightly overweighted bye Pat Naughtin wrote: > Dear paul, > > Have you heard of a 'Rule of thumb' that says that your ideal body > mass is equal to your height minus a metre. Say thast you are 1.85 > metres tall > take away one metre and the remaining number, 85, should be your > ideal body mass. > > In your case, as you are 70 kilograms, does this equate to a height > of 1.70 metres. > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin LCAMS > Geelong, Australia > >> A few days ago, I bought a food scale so I can more closely monitor >> the size of my meals to maintain my 70 kg (grin) of mass. It has a >> WOMBAT/metric switch on it, and from the start, I decided to use >> only grams in weighing my food. It is a pleasure to weigh in grams >> on a regular basis; there are no distractions of fractions of an >> ounce, and I utilize the metric information on the Nutrition Facts >> label panel to follow the nutrient content. >> >> Also, my produce guide reveals something interesting: US serving >> sizes are often quoted in units of produce, e.g., 1 medium red >> delicious apple, while the Canadian data are quoted in grams of that >> particular produce, e.g., 56 grams of red delicious apple. Shock and >> awe---metric provides accuracy. It seems that we Americans don't >> compute. We tend towards the innumerate.
