NOUN
- a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30
How To Use body mass index In A Sentence
- The term morbid obesity is used to describe people whose body mass index (BMI) -- a measure of weight in relation to height -- is 40 or higher. Canada.com Top Stories
- Some personnel dismissed the body mass index measurements because soldiers with a heavier muscle mass might also be classed as overweight. Times, Sunday Times
- A more accurate assessment can be gained by calculating your body mass index or your percentage of body fat.
- Jatla M, Zemel B, Bokhari A, Bierly P, Russo P, Verma R. Body mass index and degree of villous atrophy correlate with bone mineral content deficits in children at time of diagnosis with celiac disease. Research
- Body mass index is a measurement of height and weight that is used to determine obesity.
- The Body Mass Index, it now turns out, is a useless indicator of healthy weight, since it unfairly penalises women for their natural pear-shape.
- The researchers relied on a measure known as body mass index to gauge obesity.
- Risk of coronary heart disease was especially high for women who crossed from a low centile of weight at birth to a high centile of body mass index in adulthood.
- Objective:To investigate the correlation between surgical outcomes and body mass index(BMI) in patients who underwent high tibial osteotomy for osteoarthritis of the knee with genu varum.
- A more accurate assessment can be gained by calculating your body mass index or your percentage of body fat.
