I believe all US hospitals also use kilogram body mass and centimetres as well as celsius.
> On 20 May 2020, at 22:24, Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> wrote: > > In the UK hospitals use metric units for height and weight measurements while > in Australia everybody uses kilograms. Since Ancestry.com > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fancestry.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cdee3f3398b7a4bbd131108d7fe64a856%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637257580584442816&sdata=CHQoZ47zQlUZhkYdmj8VZ6C%2FbpAMLR8OpcD6dZKdBQQ%3D&reserved=0> > is a world-wide organisation, it makes sense to give users the option of > either units. > > From: USMA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael > Payne > Sent: 20 May 2020 06:29 > To: USMA List Server > Subject: [USMA 1410] Ancestry survey > > I recently received a survey from Ancestry.com > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fancestry.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7Cdee3f3398b7a4bbd131108d7fe64a856%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637257580584442816&sdata=CHQoZ47zQlUZhkYdmj8VZ6C%2FbpAMLR8OpcD6dZKdBQQ%3D&reserved=0> > regarding a genetic survey on Covid19, they want to see if anyone who’s had > a DNA test with Ancestry has had or been exposed to Covid 19. One of the > interesting aspects were when it got near the end of the survey they asked > for your height and weight, apart from “American Standard” as they termed it > you could choose metric which gave you the option of cm and kg for height and > weight. > > Mike Payne
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