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BMI calculator; height and weight converter 

BMI calculator; height and weight converter
Author(s):

Stephen Chapman

, Grace Robinson

, John Stradling

, Sophie West

, and John Wrightson

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date: 29 November 2021

For BMI calculator, see Fig. A2.1.

BMI ≈ weight in kilograms, divided by height in metres squared.

For example, 70kg man, 1.8m tall:

BMI ≈ 70 / (1.8 × 1.8) ≈ 21.6