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    Introduction

    The body mass index (BMI) is a statistical measurement


    using a persons height and weight to determine their
    healthy body weight.
    Introduction
    BMI is controversial,
    because it does not
    actually measure a
    persons percentage body
    fat.
    It just displays what a
    healthy weight range
    would be for a persons
    height.
    Introduction
    It is so easy to determine,
    which makes it so
    widespread in use.
    Mathematically it is
    figured out by the
    equation on the right.
    Most people, however,
    just use a BMI chart
    which are widely
    published.
    The History Behind It
    BMI was formulated
    around 1840 by Adolphe
    Quetelet.
    He was a Belgian
    Renaissance Man.
    He took a persons mass in
    kilograms and divided it by
    their height in meters,
    squared. This gave BMI,
    which was originally called
    the Quatelet Index.
    The History Behind It
    The term BMI came
    about in the 1970s in a
    paper by Ancel Keys.
    He was a scientist who
    looked at the influence
    of diet on health.
    He coined the categories
    for BMI: underweight,
    healthy, overweight and
    obese.
    The History Behind It
    Keys said BMI could only
    be used when dealing with
    population studies and not
    individual studies, as he
    felt this was inappropriate.
    Unfortunately no one
    heeded his advice and BMI
    started to become a
    widespread measurement
    used to determine a
    persons fatness or
    thinness.
    The History Behind It
    BMIs original purpose
    was to determine if
    inactive people were at a
    healthy weight since
    their diet would be the
    only thing to regulate
    their size.
    Knowledgeable doctors
    and scientists use it for
    population trends only.
    Improving BMI
    There are lots of things BMI
    does not account for,
    however, recently there have
    been variations implemented
    for children and for non-
    North Americans.
    This last variation was
    adopted by the World Health
    Organization (WHO) and
    consequently moved 30
    million previously healthy
    Americans into the
    overweight category.
    BMI for The Under 20s
    This compares the BMI
    total with the general
    averages for children and
    not adults.
    Calculate your BMI on
    the BMI Index and then
    plot it and your age on
    the chart.
    Anywhere between the
    5
    th
    and 85
    th
    percentile is
    considered healthy.
    International BMI Categories
    Unfortunately our world
    is one of have and have
    not and consequently
    the WHO has added the
    categories of Starvation
    to anyone who has a BMI
    under 15 and morbidly
    obese to anyone who
    has a BMI over 40.
    Category
    BMI range
    kg/m
    2

    Starvation less than 14.9
    Underweight from 15 to 18.4
    Normal from 18.5 to 22.9
    Overweight from 23 to 27.5
    Obese from 27.6 to 40
    Morbidly Obese greater than 40
    Conclusion
    While BMI is fast and easy
    to calculate, it should not
    be the be all end all of
    determining whether or
    not someone is at a healthy
    weight.
    However, if someone has a
    low BMI or a really high
    BMI, that should signal the
    potential for health
    problems and that person
    should see their doctor to
    discuss this.
    Homework
    1) What does BMI stand for? What does it calculate?
    2) What does BMI take into consideration in its calculation?
    3) What are three limitations of the BMI calculation? Another
    way of saying this is what are three things BMI does not take
    into consideration.
    4) Calculate your BMI using the BMI index and compare the
    category you are in with the percentile you are in on the BMI
    for the U20s. Are you in the same category on both charts?
    5) What country/countries do you believe would have the most
    people who fall into the morbidly obese category? Why?
    6) What country/countries do you believe would have the most
    people who fall into the starvation category? Why?
    Healthy or not?
    Arnold DJ Qualls
    Healthy or not?
    Keira Knightley Oprah Winfrey

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