Gene:
I'm not going to fault them for using "weight," when they are at least
avoiding the temptation to convert to ifp.
One step at a time.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Gene Mechtly
> Sent: April 07, 2001 09:09
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Cc: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:12074] SI in BMI
>
>
> Here, again, the authors discussing "Body Mass Index" don't seem to know
> that BMI is defined as "body mass" in kilograms divided by (height in
> meters) squared. The word "mass" in the name of the index itself is a
> clue that they fail to understand or deliberately corrupt. Which is it?
> ....................................
> On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Bill Potts wrote:
>
> > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> >
> > Obesity is normally defined by the body mass index,
> > or BMI, calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by
> > height in meters squared. An index of between 18.5
> > and 25 is considered healthy, while those with a score
> > between 25 and 29 are classed as overweight and those
> > whose BMI is higher than that are considered obese.
> >
> > ...
>
>
