Anthropometric indices for adults:

Following are anthropometric indices for adults:

• BMI
• Waist to hip ratio
• Waist to height ratio
• Body adiposity index
• Fat free mass index

BMI Body mass index:

style=”background-color: #f1c232 <;”>In 10th centaury BMI was first developed by Adolphe Quetelet.

BMI also called Quetelet’s index is “ a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women” often calculated by dividing body weight of individual in kg with the height in square meter. It is important indicator of one’s nutritional status.

CALCULATION;

Metric: Weight in kg/ Height in meter square

English: Weight in pounds/ Height in inches square multiply by 703.

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