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LenaWriter [7]
1 year ago
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Your patient is a 10 year old boy that was born premature. now, after measuring his height and weight, you find that his bmi is

at the 87th percentile for his age. he is considered to be?
Medicine
1 answer:
WARRIOR [948]1 year ago
5 0

Your patient is a 10-year-old boy that was born prematurely. now, after measuring his height and weight, you find that his BMI is at the 87th percentile for his age. He is considered to be overweight.

Normal Body mass index for 10-year-old boys ranges from 14.2 to 19.4.

Body mass index (BMI) is calculated through the division of the weight and height of an individual. The BMI is described as the body mass divided by the square of the body height and is represented in units of kg/m².

To learn more about Body mass index here

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