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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 12 December 2024. Relative weight based on mass and height Medical diagnostic method 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 ...

3. 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.

4. BMI vs. BRI: Why body roundness may be a better ... - AOL

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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. BMI has often been criticized ...

5. 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]

6. BMI has its flaws. Is the ‘body roundness index’ any better?

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   Body mass index was first developed in 1832 and has been the standard way to estimate a person’s body fat since the 1980s. The calculation, however, has come under increasing scrutiny in recent ...

7. Is the Body Roundness Index the New BMI? What it Says ... - AOL

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   The Body Roundness Index is similar to the Body Mass Index, but relies on more anthropometric variables. The BRI which was first proposed in 2013 , uses height, weight, waist circumference, and ...

8. Epidemiology of obesity - Wikipedia

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   Obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m 2, and in June 2013 the American Medical Association classified it as a disease. [5] In countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), one child out of five is overweight or obese. [6]

9. Template:Body mass index/doc - Wikipedia

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