We had a health fair at work the other day. After measuring height (the device had both in and cm) and weight (display was in lb only), the woman had to consult a chart to find out my BMI. I already knew my mass in kg and my height (1.79 m) so I just took out my iPhone, went to Utilities/Calculator, entered in the kg, divided by 1.79, divided by 1.79 again, and gave her the answer before she got it from the chart. I told her if you measure people properly the calculations are easy.
Carleton From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Henschel Mark Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 21:16 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association; mechtly, eugene a Subject: [USMA:52872] RE: Re: A Response to the Metric Petition at We The People Not to be confused with body mass index, which is mass divided by length squared, or kilograms per square meter. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "mechtly, eugene a" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 2:19 pm Subject: RE: [USMA:52851] Re: A Response to the Metric Petition at We The People To: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> " <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >, "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: "mechtly, eugene a" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > Mark, > > > > The body mass of new-born infants typically lies between about 2500 grams and 4500 grams. > > > > This range is, of course, easily expressed as 2.5 kg to 4.5 kg. > > > > However, If you had the assignment of setting up a digital database for the body masses of new-born infants, under the constraint that there must be as few unessential symbols (e.g. decimal markers) as possible and yet with a required precision of data > entry to the nearest gram, you would almost be forced to accept four digit numbers such as 3456 (grams). > > > > What is the actual practice in digital databased of modern hospitals? > > > > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [[email protected]] on behalf of Henschel Mark [[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 10:52 AM > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > Cc: U.S. Metric Association; mechtly, eugene a > > Subject: [USMA:52851] Re: A Response to the Metric Petition at We The People > > > > > > Have you noticed that the nutrition standards for sodium read "less than 2,400 mg"? > > Seems even the government standards writers can't figure out that 2,400 mg is the same as 2.4 grams. > > > > Mark > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "mechtly, eugene a" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > Date: Sunday, June 2, 2013 4:01 pm > > Subject: [USMA:52843] A Response to the Metric Petition at We The People > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > Cc: "mechtly, eugene a" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > > The Metric Petition: "Make the Metric system the standard in the > > > United States ..." > > > > > > A well documented Response: > > > > > > 1. The World Standard for units of measurement is the > > > "International System of Units (SI)." > > > > > > 2. The America COMPETES Act, Public Law 110-69 of 2007, > > > states that the metric system of measurement shall be defined as > > > the International System of Units ..." > > > > > > 3. The Metric Conversion Act, Public Law 94-168 of 1975, > > > designates the "metric system of measurement as the preferred > > > system ... for United States trade and commerce." > > > > > > 4. In harmony with these acts of Congress, new digital > > > Medical Records are now entered almost 100% in SI units of > > > measurement or in units approved for use with SI units, for > > > example, in liters or in milliliters or in deciliters. > > > > > > 5. Pharmacy products are now sold nearly 100% in SI units, > > > whether by prescription or by "over the counter" sale. > > > > > > 6. Labels on most Consumer Products, including Foods, now > > > include declarations of net contents in SI units. > > > > > > 7. Labels of "Nutritional Facts" on most containers of > > > Foods are now nearly 100% in SI units. > > > > > > 8. The Automobile Manufacturing Industry, now > > > international in scope, uses nearly 100% SI units of > > > measurement. > > > > > > 9. STEM education is predominately in SI units of measurement. > > > > > > SI is already "the standard" for units of measurement in the > > > United States! > > > > > > Most units which lie outside the SI that are > > > still used in the United States, are now defined as numerical > > > multiples of SI units. Metallic artifacts are no longer > > > maintained to define directly these units outside the SI. > > > > > > For additional documentation see NIST SP 330 and NIST SP 811. > > > All the Acts and Documents cited above are downloadable over the > > > Internet. > > > Eugene Mechtly > > > > > > > > > >
