Scaling of Adult Regional Body Mass and Body Composition as a Whole to Height: Relevance to Body Shape and Body Mass Index

摘要

ObjectivesAdult body mass (MB) empirically scales as height (Ht) squared (MB Ht(2)), but does regional body mass and body composition as a whole also scale as Ht(2)? This question is relevant to a wide range of biological topics, including interpretation of body mass index (BMI).