摘要翻译：
我们采用Rashevsky的生物力学观点，对由腿支撑的躯干所承受的应力进行了限制，从而推断出成长中的儿童的体质量$m$应该是身高$h$的$p$乘以$7/3<p<8/3$。基于稳定性和热损失的进一步论证建议$P$应该接近8/3。这些论点被扩展到建议腰围$W$应该缩放为$h^q$，其中$q$靠近$2/3\leqq\leq1$的下端。来自香港和英国儿童的数据与这些假设一致。
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英文标题：
《Scaling of human body mass with height: the Body Mass Index revisited》
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作者：
N. J. Mackay
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最新提交年份：
2009
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分类信息：

一级分类：Physics        物理学
二级分类：Biological Physics        生物物理学
分类描述：Molecular biophysics, cellular biophysics, neurological biophysics, membrane biophysics, single-molecule biophysics, ecological biophysics, quantum phenomena in biological systems (quantum biophysics), theoretical biophysics, molecular dynamics/modeling and simulation, game theory, biomechanics, bioinformatics, microorganisms, virology, evolution, biophysical methods.
分子生物物理、细胞生物物理、神经生物物理、膜生物物理、单分子生物物理、生态生物物理、生物系统中的量子现象（量子生物物理）、理论生物物理、分子动力学/建模与模拟、博弈论、生物力学、生物信息学、微生物、病毒学、进化论、生物物理方法。
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一级分类：Quantitative Biology        数量生物学
二级分类：Other Quantitative Biology        其他定量生物学
分类描述：Work in quantitative biology that does not fit into the other q-bio classifications
不适合其他q-bio分类的定量生物学工作
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英文摘要：
  We adapt a biomechanical argument of Rashevsky, which places limits on the stress experienced by a torso supported by the legs, to deduce that body mass $m$ of growing children should scale as the $p$th power of height $h$ with $7/3<p<8/3$. Further arguments based on stability and heat loss suggest that $p$ should be close to 8/3. The arguments are extended to suggest that waist circumference $w$ should scale as $h^q$ with $q$ near the lower end of $2/3\leq q \leq 1$. Data from Hong Kong and British children are consistent with these hypotheses.
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PDF链接：
https://arxiv.org/pdf/0910.5834