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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. Is BMI Really Accurate? Pros vs Cons - AOL

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   BMI has over 100 years of history as a standard health assessment tool. But while BMI can tell you where your weight falls compared to what’s “normal,” it fails to account for other critical ...

4. BMI vs. Body Fat Percentage: What’s the Difference ... - AOL

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   Monitoring and reducing body fat percentage can lower these risks, even if your BMI is in the normal range. RELATED: 20 Best Tips To Lose Weight Fast, According to Experts.

5. BMI Can Tell You Something About Your Health...Just Not What ...

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   BMI, the abbreviation for Body Mass Index, is the calculation used to classify someone as “underweight,” “normal,” “overweight,” or “obese.” These designations are used by doctors ...

6. Body roundness index - Wikipedia

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   Compared to traditional metrics, such as the body mass index (BMI), (which uses weight and height), BRI may improve predictions of the amount of body fat and the volume of visceral adipose tissue. Despite its common use, BMI can misclassify individuals as obese because it does not distinguish between a person's lean body mass and fat mass ...

7. Normal weight obesity - Wikipedia

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   Normal weight obesity (colloquially, being "skinny fat") is the condition of having normal body weight, but with a high body fat percentage, leading to some of the same health risks as obesity. Definition

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

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   What is the body roundness index and is it better than BMI? Here's how BRI works and how it's used to calculate obesity and a measure of a person's health.

9. Corpulence index - Wikipedia

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   The corpulence index yields valid results even for very short and very tall persons, [7] which is a problem with BMI — for example, an ideal body weight for a person 152.4 cm tall (48 kg) will render BMI of 20.7 and CI of 13.6, while for a person 200 cm tall (99 kg), the BMI will be 24.8, very close to the "overweight" threshold of 25, while ...