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Old 03-09-2006, 12:14 AM   #10
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Default Re: Calculating Weight in Relation to Height

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Originally Posted by whswhs
If you're assuming height and weight change within a single species, Homo sapiens, you might want to use the BMI. You convert height to meters (or take height in meters, if you're not an American); square it; and multiply by the BMI, where 25 is a typical value for humans.
25 is a modern value. 15-20 is closer to the people of yore.
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