Body Measurements — FHIR Questionnaire Template

Height, weight, sex and waist/hip with BMI (and its WHO category), body surface area, ideal body weight and waist-to-hip ratio.

Scoring

Calculated values only; each result stays empty until all of its inputs are answered.

Questions

1. Height (cm)
2. Weight (kg)
3. Sex assigned at birth (used by the ideal body weight formula)
   • Female
   • Male
4. Waist circumference (cm)
5. Hip circumference (cm)

Calculated results

• Body mass index (kg/m²)
• BMI category (WHO)
• Body surface area (m², Mosteller)
• Ideal body weight (kg, Devine)
• Waist-to-hip ratio

Source and license

Source: Quetelet index (weight kg ÷ height m²); WHO adult BMI classification; Mosteller 1987, N Engl J Med 317:1098; Devine 1974, Drug Intell Clin Pharm 8:650; WHO Expert Consultation 2008, Waist circumference and waist–hip ratio (Geneva). Codes: LOINC.

License: Original wording written for this builder; covered by the project license (non-commercial use with attribution; commercial use needs written permission). Formulas are published methods; see the source. (link)

Provided to save authoring effort, not as medical advice — confirm the scale and its cut-offs for your use case.

Use it

1. Download the FHIR Questionnaire JSON, or
2. open the Builder, choose + Add → From template…, search for “Body Measurements” and insert it. It arrives as one titled group with its calculations wired, and you can keep editing it.

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