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标题：Détermination du poids théorique chez des français âgés de 20 ans : relation entre le déficit ou l’excédent pondéral et le body mass index (BMI)
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作者：Jean-Claude Pineau ; Bronislaw Kapitaniak
期刊名称：Antropo
印刷版ISSN：1578-2603
出版年度：2004
卷号：8
页码：93-100
出版社：Universidad del pais vasco (Bilbao)
摘要：This study aims at determining theoretical weight from the knowledge of weight and height of 14 984 French 20-year-old males. Revealing a linear relation uniting the average points to an imposed height and a constant BMI, constitutes a fundamental datum. Indeed, it shows the theoretical weight of an individual according to his height and allows us to know his under/overweight. After decomposing body weight into the sum of theoretical weight and under/overweight, we established a linear relation between under/overweight and the BMI. Likewise, we established the existence of a linear relation directly giving overweight from the BMI without calculating the theoretical weight. We also checked that the theoretical weight calculated according to Lorentz’s formula underestimates the corpulence of tall subjects and conversely overestimates the corpulence of short subjects. From a biological point of view, the relative variation of overweight, related to theoretical weight, represents a constant value of approximately 35 % in subjects having reached the obesity threshold (BMI = 30 kg/m2). Finally, the method of determining theoretical weight may be extrapolated to other populations with distinct criteria of gender, age and ethnic group.
关键词：Body mass index (BMI), theoretical weight, under or overweight