[Practical use of the Möhr and Johnson formula for calculation of ideal weight. Preliminary observations on deviations from ideal weight in a group of 1,000 Sicilian adults].

Simplification of the operations required for the calculation of ideal weight in adults in accordance with the formula of Möhr & Johnsen is suggested. Preliminary notes on a group of 500 male and 500 female Sicilians aged 18-24 following determination of the Strömgren metrical index and somatotype, ideal weight, and a variation index of differences between the real weight and the ideal weight are presented. Leptomorphs were clearly predominant, particularly among the males. Assessment of the variation index values for each subject within the different somatotypes was followed by analysis of the frequency distribution of under-, normal, and over-weight subjects. Percent frequency was noticeably asymmetrical, with marked differences between somatotypes and the sexes, though there was a clear ratio between deviation and somatotype features. The overall percent frequencies without reference to somatotype were slightly more symmetrical and lay on a leptokurtic curve.