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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 54, 435-437, Copyright © 1991 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

ORIGINAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

A major error in nomograms for estimating body mass index

HS Kahn
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta.

The Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health and Diet and Health include a nomogram for determining body mass index (BMI, in kg/m2) when the subject's weight and height are known. I regret to report that the BMI in nomograms in these books are highly inaccurate when compared with direct calculations of BMI. Anyone wishing to use a nomogram for the rapid estimation of BMI should be cautioned against relying on the versions that appear in these books.




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