Ideal Body Weight Calculator (Hamwi)
Ideal Body Weight Calculator (Hamwi): a planned Super Calculator tool. Covers sex. Stub page: the tool, its formula and a worked example are not published yet.
Ideal Body Weight Calculator (Hamwi) is a planned calculator in the health section of Super Calculator, covering energy and body composition.
What this calculator will compute
Inputs: sex, height (ft/in) and frame size.
Outputs: ideal body weight (lb and kg) and small and large frame range.
Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: Hamwi 1964: male IBW = 106 lb + 6 lb per inch over 5 feet; female IBW = 100 lb + 5 lb per inch over 5 feet, with a plus or minus 10% frame-size adjustment.
Status
This page is a stub. The calculator is not built, no figure on this page has been verified against the authority that sets it, and nothing here should be used to make a decision. The page exists so that the site structure is complete and so that articles can link this concept on first mention.
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