Tarihi – Kalkuletar BMI

Adolphe Quetelet, masanin falaki kuma masanin ƙididdiga na Beljiyam, ne ya ƙirƙiri wannan dabara a shekarun 1830, kuma an daɗe ana kiranta Ma'aunin Quetelet. Sunan 'body mass index' masanin ilimin jiki na Amurka Ancel Keys ne ya bayar a 1972.

Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya ta karɓi BMI a matsayin daidaitaccen ma'aunin nauyi fiye da kima da kiba a shekarun 1990. Kuma kusan ƙarni biyu bayan Quetelet, har yanzu ita ce kayan aikin tantancewa da aka fi amfani da ita a duniya.