Body mass index (Simple English Wikipedia)

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Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From the January-June 2007 National Health Interview Survey (12/2007) (PDF), CDC NCHS, 2007-11-19, retrieved 2008-03-15

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Eknoyan, Garabed (January 2008). "Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874)—the average man and indices of obesity". Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 23 (1): 47–51. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm517. PMID 17890752.
Keys, Ancel; Fidanza, F; Karvonen, MJ; Kimura, N; Taylor, HL (July 1972). "Indices of relative weight and obesity". J Chronic Dis. 1. 25 (6): 329–43. doi:10.1016/0021-9681(72)90027-6. PMID 4650929.
Romero-Corral, A.; Somers, V. K.; Sierra-Johnson, J.; Thomas, R. J.; Collazo-Clavell, M. L.; Korinek, J.; Allison, T. G.; Batsis, J. A.; Sert-Kuniyoshi, F. H.; Lopez-Jimenez, F. (June 2008). "Accuracy of body mass index in diagnosing obesity in the adult general population". International Journal of Obesity. 32 (6): 959–956. doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.11. PMC 2877506. PMID 18283284.

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"Revision of Body Mass Index (BMI) Cut-Offs In Singapore". Archived from the original on 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2006-01-31.

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Eknoyan, Garabed (January 2008). "Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874)—the average man and indices of obesity". Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 23 (1): 47–51. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm517. PMID 17890752.
Keys, Ancel; Fidanza, F; Karvonen, MJ; Kimura, N; Taylor, HL (July 1972). "Indices of relative weight and obesity". J Chronic Dis. 1. 25 (6): 329–43. doi:10.1016/0021-9681(72)90027-6. PMID 4650929.
Romero-Corral, A.; Somers, V. K.; Sierra-Johnson, J.; Thomas, R. J.; Collazo-Clavell, M. L.; Korinek, J.; Allison, T. G.; Batsis, J. A.; Sert-Kuniyoshi, F. H.; Lopez-Jimenez, F. (June 2008). "Accuracy of body mass index in diagnosing obesity in the adult general population". International Journal of Obesity. 32 (6): 959–956. doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.11. PMC 2877506. PMID 18283284.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Romero-Corral, A.; Somers, V. K.; Sierra-Johnson, J.; Thomas, R. J.; Collazo-Clavell, M. L.; Korinek, J.; Allison, T. G.; Batsis, J. A.; Sert-Kuniyoshi, F. H.; Lopez-Jimenez, F. (June 2008). "Accuracy of body mass index in diagnosing obesity in the adult general population". International Journal of Obesity. 32 (6): 959–956. doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.11. PMC 2877506. PMID 18283284.

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Beyond BMI: Why doctors won't stop using an outdated measure for obesity., by Jeremy Singer-Vine, Slate.com, July 20, 2009

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math.utah.edu

"Calculation of power law relationship between weight and height" (PDF).

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; Simple English: 1^st place)

"Revision of Body Mass Index (BMI) Cut-Offs In Singapore". Archived from the original on 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2006-01-31.

who.int (Global: 213^th place; Simple English: 154^th place)

"BMI Classification". World Health Organization.