BMI
(body mass index) is a measurement used to determine the relationship between
body weight and height of a person, bmi is used by someone who wants to know whether the
condition is currently categorized fat or thin, body mass index can also
describe a person's general health levels. body mass index (bmi) have been
published between the years 1830 to 1850 by the Belgian polymath Adolphe
Quatelet during the "Social Physics", is defined as the individual's
body mass divided by the square of their height - with universal values are given in units of kg / m 2 (source : en.wikipedia.org).
body mass index standards for each continents can be said
to different, This can be seen by the difference in body mass index standards
are not the same in every continents, adapted the health department regulations
to the countrys. now we just rely on the standard version of the world health
organization, following table bmi standard WHO version :
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