身体质量指数-物理学观点
Body mass index - a physics perspective
摘要：
大约两个世纪前，Adolphe Quetelet提出了一个指数来描述人类的特征，今天经常用来预测健康状况。我们发现，这个所谓的体重指数是直接相关的物理量代谢率和热量损失之间的比率。
英文摘要：
Almost two centuries ago Adolphe Quetelet came up with an index to characterize man which is frequently used today to make predictions about health status. We show that this so called body mass index is directly related to the ratio between the physical quantities metabolic rate and heat loss.
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