Scaling of human body mass with height: the Body Mass Index revisited
| Autor: | Mackay, N. J. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| Popis: | We adapt a biomechanical argument of Rashevsky, which places limits on the stress experienced by a torso supported by the legs, to deduce that body mass $m$ of growing children should scale as the $p$th power of height $h$ with $7/3 |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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