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'''Body Mass Index''' utilizes one's weight and height to categorize them as being either underweight, healthy, overweight, or obese. It was invented by the Belgian Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874) between 1830 and 1850, and is a mathematical formula:
'''Body Mass Index''' utilizes one's [[weight]] and [[height]] to categorize them as being either underweight, healthy, overweight, or obese. It was invented by the Belgian Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874) between 1830 and 1850, and is a mathematical formula:
<math>BMI = \frac{weight}{height^2}</math>
<math>BMI = \frac{weight}{height^2}</math>
A BMI of '''over 30''' indicates an '''obese''' person.
A BMI of '''over 30''' indicates an '''obese''' person.
[[Category:Medicine]]