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