I don't know as you didn't give her age. See the curves by age in the
Wikipedia article. However, they are only percentiles not age. My only point
is that BMI ranges don't apply to children under 20 years and a different
interpretation of the BMI is used. I would further caution that any percentile
that seems a little extreme should be interpreted by a pediatrician not random
people on the Internet
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From: "cont...@metricpioneer.com" <cont...@metricpioneer.com>
To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 11:11 AM
Subject: [USMA:54556] Re: Metric BMI
Well then if my granddaughter Willow does not fall into the Normal range,
please tell me which range she falls into. Thanks.
----- Message from "John M. Steele" <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net> ---------
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 05:14:58 -0800
From: "John M. Steele" <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To: "John M. Steele" <jmsteele9...@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [USMA:54554] Re: Metric BMI
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
BMI for children is interpreted quite differently, by percentile comparison to
their ages peers. The BMI ranges traditionally given apply to adults, age 20
and up. See the Wikipedia article linked in Stan's message.
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>The ranges would be a lot clearer if the index was always presented with units
>attached (kg/m²) not as a "naked number."
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>To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu>
>Sent: Monday, January 5, 2015 12:40 AM
>Subject: [USMA:54553] Re: Metric BMI
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>My granddaughter Willow on 31 Dec 2014 falls into the Normal weight range
>according to her BMI (Body Mass Index). See photo.
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> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 09:01:50 -0500
> From: Stanislav Jakuba <jakub...@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: jakub...@gmail..com
>Subject: [USMA:54548] Metric BMI
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu>
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>Friends:
>>In case there was among your New Year 2015 wishes "to lose weight," and you
>>think that the Body Mass Index (BMI) is a recent invention, you may be
>>surprised that it was proposed already in 1835. In France by certain Mr.
>>Quetelet, a distinguished scientist active in that by-gone era of fundamental
>>discoveries in science and health care.
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>>Working in public health he "derived a simple measure for classifying
>>people's weight relative to an ideal weight for their height." His proposal,
>>the body mass index (or Quetelet index), has endured to the present day and
>>experienced a broad recognition with the health and diet craze of our
>>generation.
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>>No wonder the French are thin. They have been at it for almost two centuries.
>>
>>Oh, the formula? Mass in kg divided by height in m, divided by the height
>>again.
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