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Hoechst Marion Roussel

Description: Body Mass Index (BMI) gained traction in the 1970s as a convenient way to indicate one aspect of a person’s health.

1999

ID Number: 2006.0146.03
catalog number: 2006.0146.03
accession number: 2006.0146

Object Name: body mass calculator, advertising device; advertising device; promotional device, body mass index calculator

Physical Description: paper (overall material); plastic (overall material); metal (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 3 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 9.525 cm x 9.525 cm; overall: in x 3 3/4 in; .0254 cm x 9.525 cm

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine; Health & Medicine; Diabetes
Exhibition: Food: Transforming the American Table
Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

National Museum of American History

Record ID: nmah_1305817

Metadata Usage (text): CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record): https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-e8a4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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