bsi - body square index
DESCRIPTION
BSI - Body Squre Index ist eine fortlaufende Auseinandersetzung in Übungen mit der Unsinnigkeit des Body Mass Index, welcher durch Vermessung des Körpers in Kg/Quadrat aussagen über Fettleibigkeit treffen möchte und inzwischen bereits als Standard für Krankenversicherungen & -leistungen verwendet wird.TRANSCRIPT
Square Study
BSI: Body Square Index
Background: BMI / Body Mass Index
The body mass index is a heuristic proxy for human body fat.
The formula describes the individual's bodymass divided by the square of his/her weightWhile the formula previously called the Quetelet Index for BMI dates to the 19th century, the new term body mass index for the ratio and its popularity date to a paper published in the July editi-on of 1972 in the Journal of Chronic Diseases by Ancel Keys, which found the BMI to be the best proxy for body fat percentage among ratios of weight and height; the interest in measuring body fat being due to obesity becoming a discernible issue in prosperous Western societies.
BMI was explicitly cited by Keys as being appropriate for populati-on studies, and inappropriate for individual diagnosis. Neverthel-ess, due to its simplicity, it came to be widely used for individual diagnosis, despite its inappropriateness.
BMI provided a simple numeric measure of a person's thickness or thinness, allowing health professionals to discuss over- and under-weight problems more objectively with their patients.
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Square Study
BSI: Body Square IndexSketches: How can the body describe a square?
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Square Study
BSI Body Square IndexHow can the body become a square?
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Body Square IndexExercise I: Describing Squares with the Body
3 Prints
1: Flexed Square2: Measured Square3: Flexed & Measured Square
Three 1:1 Body Scans
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Body Square IndexExercise II: Using Frames to Describe Body Squares
Hypothesis
kg/m2
is the same like becomes 100g/10cm2
50g/5cm2
10g/cm2
Illustration in these units
Eight 1:1 Body Scans with a Square template
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measuring the body in kg/m2
avarage amount of skin: 2m2
each body part is illustrated in
100g/10cm2
50g/5cm2
10g/cm2
body parts in percent
Head 6 percent
Arms 13 percent
Hands 4,6 percent
front body 20 percent
back body 18 percent
legs 31 percent
feet 6,3 percent
Body Square IndexExercise II: Using Frames to Describe Body SquaresEight 1:1 Body Scans with a Square template
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Head: 6 percent
Arms: 13 percent
Body, front, upper: 20 percent / 4
Flank - Body, side, lower: 20 percent / 4
Body, front, lower: 20 percent / 4
Tummy - Body, front, lower: 20 percent / 4
Ass - Body Back - lower: 18 percent / 1
Inner Tight - Right Leg 31 percent / 8