Thus, BMI is an appropriate screening tool but must be interpreted in the context of a physical examination that confirms excess adiposity in making the diagnoses of overweight or obesity. Moreover, the BMI is not a reliable indicator of the impact of excess adiposity on health, which can ...
TheNational Institutes of Health(NIH) now defines overweight in terms of the BMI (thebody mass index) which is a person's weight in kilograms (kg) divided by their height in meters (m)squared. Since the BMI describes the body weight relative to height, it correlates strongly (in adults) ...
Noun1.BMI- 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 ...
(*) IOTF standard defines overweight as BMI [is greater than or equal to] those age-sex specific BMI cut offs corresponding to BMI=25 kg/m2 at age 18; WHO standard defines overweight as BMI [is greater than or equal to]-age-sex specific BMI 85th centile derived from United States' ...
Definitions of BMI 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 synonyms: body mass in...
(expressed in meters), and is universally expressed in units of kg/m2. This computed value is then compared to a chart that breaks the BMI into categories of underweight (less than 18.5%), normal (18.5-25%), overweight (25-30%) and obese (more than 30%). However, within medical ...
: a measure of body fat that is the ratio of the weight of the body in kilograms to the square of its height in meters a body mass index in adults of 25 to 29.9 is considered an indication of overweight, and 30 or more an indication of obesity abbreviation BMI called also Quetelet ...
Objective: To develop an internationally acceptable definition of child overweight and obesity, specifying the measurement, the reference population, and the age and sex specific cut off points. Design: International survey of six large nationally representative cross sectional growth studies. Setting: Bra...
The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in China has increased in recent decades. However, studies reported from China use several different definitions and growth references, making it difficult to compare the rates of obesity from different regions. It also makes it difficult to establish...
Obesity is the accumulation of excess body fat. Clinical diagnosis should be based on accurate measures of total body fat. At a population level, overweight and obesity are commonly defined as excess weight for height assessed by the body mass index (BMI). Obesity rates have rapidly increased ...