Editing Body mass index (section)

===Corpulence index (exponent of 3)===
The [[corpulence index]] uses an exponent of 3 rather than 2. The corpulence index yields valid results even for very short and very tall people,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ditmier |first=Lawrence F. |title=New Developments in Obesity Research |publisher=Nova Science Publishers |year=2006 |isbn=1-60021-296-4 |location=Hauppauge, New York}}{{page needed|date=April 2012}}</ref> which is a problem with BMI. For example, a {{convert|152.4|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} tall person at an ideal body weight of {{convert|48|kg|lb|abbr=on}} gives a normal BMI of 20.74 and CI of 13.6, while a {{convert|200|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} tall person with a weight of {{convert|100|kg|lb|abbr=on}} gives a BMI of 24.84, very close to an overweight BMI of 25, and a CI of 12.4, very close to a normal CI of 12.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Taller people should have Higher BMI's and Blood Pressure Measurements as their Normal|url=https://biomedres.us/pdfs/BJSTR.MS.ID.001381.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://biomedres.us/pdfs/BJSTR.MS.ID.001381.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|journal=Biomed J Sci & Tech Res|year=2018|doi=10.26717/BJSTR.2018.06.001381|doi-access=free|last1=v Roth|first1=Jonathan|volume=6|issue=4}}</ref>