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Determining an Individual's Ideal Body Weight from Skeletal Measurements: A New Method
Author(s) -
Nguyen DE,
Reilly David A.,
Reilly James J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.935
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1941-2444
pISSN - 0148-6071
DOI - 10.1177/0148607187011003255
Subject(s) - body weight , ideal (ethics) , enteral administration , body height , mathematics , medicine , parenteral nutrition , surgery , philosophy , epistemology
Determining an individual's “ideal” body weight is fundamental in nutritional therapy. A simulation of the human body to a cylindrical volumetric model permits the calculation of the ideal body weight from the measured height, interacromioclavicular distance, and humeral length. A group of 189 healthy normal volunteers were assessed. The calculated “Pitt” ideal body weight correlated closely (r = 0.88 for males, r = 0.72 for women) with values obtained from the Metropolitan tables. The technique provides an estimate of ideal body weight based upon reproducible, easily obtained measurements of fixed bony landmarks. (Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 11 :255–258,1987)