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2. Body mass index - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 October 2024. Relative weight based on mass and height Body mass index (BMI) Chart showing body mass index (BMI) for a range of heights and weights in both metric and imperial. Colours indicate BMI categories defined by the World Health Organization ; underweight, normal weight, overweight, moderately ...

3. Waist-to-height ratio - Wikipedia

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   t. e. A person's waist-to-height ratio – occasionally written WHtR[a] – or called waist-to-stature ratio (WSR), is defined as their waist circumference divided by their height, both measured in the same units. It is used as a predictor of obesity-related cardiovascular disease. The WHtR is a measure of the distribution of body fat.

4. List of heaviest people - Wikipedia

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   Billy and Benny McCrary, holders of Guinness World Records's World's Heaviest Twins. Alayna Morgan (1948–2009), heavy woman from Santa Rosa, California. Ricky Naputi (1973–2012), heaviest man from Guam. Carl Thompson (1982–2015), heaviest man in the United Kingdom whose weight at death was 413 kg (911 lb; 65 st 1 lb).

5. 8 Tips to Help You Lower Your BMI Faster - AOL

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   A high BMI must be taken extremely seriously, as it can lead to type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, sleep apnea, osteoarthritis, and cancer. That's why we spoke with experts who ...

6. Study Finds This Measurement Is Better Than BMI at Predicting ...

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   Madeleine Haase. October 9, 2024 at 5:30 AM. Body roundness index (BRI), may be a better predictor of disease than body mass index (BMI), new research shows. Researchers determined that higher BRI ...

7. BMI vs. BRI: Why body roundness may be a better indicator of ...

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   The body mass index (BMI) considers the height-weight relationship as a health indicator, while the body roundness index (BRI) measures abdominal body fat and height.

8. Classification of obesity - Wikipedia

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   Obesity and BMI. An obese male with a body mass index of 53 kg/m 2: weight 182 kg (400 lb), height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) Obesity classification is a ranking of obesity, the medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it has an adverse effect on health. [1] The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies obesity by ...

9. Human body weight - Wikipedia

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   Human body weight is a person's mass or weight. Strictly speaking, body weight is the measurement of mass without items located on the person. Practically though, body weight may be measured with clothes on, but without shoes or heavy accessories such as mobile phones and wallets, and using manual or digital weighing scales.