At 16:51 -0500 5/8/02, tsayonah wrote:

>Reading Cordain (THE PALEO DIET) and got to the BMI (body
>mass index) and just had to play with the figures.  The
>basic premise is to take your weight in kilograms (divide
>your weight in pounds by 2.2) and divide it by your height
>in meters (your height in inches times 0.0254).  This gives
>you a figure and 25 is a rounded top for being normal in
>this ratio.


I don't have Cordain's book, but that formula for calculating
BMI is incorrect. You need to divide by your height twice.

The BMI formula is:

k = weight in kg
m = height in metres

BMI = k / m / m


Or for those who prefer non-metric:

p = weight in pounds
i = height in inches

BMI = 704 * p / i / i


>and got this equation: {BTW, I am 5'7" or 67" or 1.7 meters)

You would need to be about 160 pounds to have a BMI of 25.

 ...Richard.