Pat Naughtin wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> Those of you who are interested in Body Mass Index (BMI) might be interested
> in the notes and comparisons with other methods at:
>
> http://www.fao.org/docrep/T1970E/t1970e02.htm#P161_30274
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pat Naughtin CAMS
> Geelong, Australia
What I found amazing in that link was the citation of the original
proposal. I had no idea that it went back to 1869 but had supposed it to
be a bit more than a century more recent.
Jim
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