The easiest way to do it: Take your mass in kg.
Divide by your height in m. Divide by your height in m again. Me, unfortunately, right now, 98.3 kg, 1.79 m: 98.3/1.79 = 54.9162 54.9162/1.79 = 30.679 BMI is 30.679. Carleton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert H. Bushnell Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 12:26 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: USMA Subject: [USMA:51728] BMI 2012 June 28 On Tuesday June 26 the Boulder Daily Camera published an Associated Press article "Know your BMI" Good article but it failed to tell how to figure your BMI (Body Mass Index). Now the body mass index is a metric number. The Associated Press does not show metric numbers unless forced to do so by the subject. So, the article simply left out how to calculate it. BMI is mass divided by the square of height, mass in kilograms and height in meters. We can assume that Camera readers are the most educated people in the world so MBI should be easy for them. Now they have it, no tables needed. Robert H. Bushnell 502 Ord Drive Boulder, Colorado 80303-4732 [email protected] 303-554-0827
