Indices of relative weight and obesity.

By A. Keys, F. Fidanza, M. Karvonen, N. Kimura, H. L. Taylor. International Journal of Epidemiology, 2014

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• Pathophysiology of human visceral obesity: an update. (2013, methodology): “In clinical practice, it has been commonly assessed by expressing body weight as a function of height, the most frequently used index being the body mass index (BMI) calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meter squared (256).”
• Current Status of Body Composition Assessment in Sport (2012, methodology): “3 Body Mass Index and Mass Index Several indices expressing mass relative to some power function of height have been suggested and tested for maximum correlation with mass and minimum correlation with height.([85-87]) One that is widely used is the BMI (Quetelet’s index), which relates body mass (m;”