To put this into perspective, a new-born baby weighs typically 3.5 kg and is between 50 and 55 cm in length. This gives a BMI of between 11.5 and 14.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: 06 January 2015 16:53 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54557] Re: Metric BMI 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 _____ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> --------- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 05:14:58 -0800 From: "John M. Steele" <[email protected]> Reply-To: "John M. Steele" <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:54554] Re: Metric BMI To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> 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. The ranges would be a lot clearer if the index was always presented with units attached (kg/m²) not as a "naked number." _____ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 5, 2015 12:40 AM Subject: [USMA:54553] Re: Metric BMI My granddaughter Willow on 31 Dec 2014 falls into the Normal weight range according to her BMI (Body Mass Index). See photo. ----- Message from Stanislav Jakuba <[email protected]> --------- Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 09:01:50 -0500 From: Stanislav Jakuba <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:54548] Metric BMI To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> 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. 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 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index> 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. 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. ----- End message from Stanislav Jakuba <[email protected] > ----- ----- End message from "John M. Steele" <[email protected] > -----
