title: Determining an individual's ideal body weight from skeletal measurements: a new method.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D001835:Body Weight; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012863:Skeleton