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BMI

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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:

BMI; body mass index

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("BMI" is a kind of...):

index; index number; indicant; indicator (a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time)

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 Context examples: 

Children who were overweight but not obese (BMI in the 85-94th percentile) also had a 17-percent increased asthma risk compared to healthy-weight peers.

(Obesity May Be to Blame for Quarter of Asthma Cases in Children, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Having a high amount of body fat (body mass index [BMI] of 30 or more).

(Obesity, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers also found that increased BMI was associated with poorer performance at tests to measure executive function.

(Childhood obesity linked to structural differences in key brain regions, University of Cambridge)

"The higher your BMI, the more your inflammation goes up," said Kyle Bourassa, lead author of the study, which is published in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity.

(Body Mass Index Linked to Cognitive Decline, Voanews)

The link between frequent participation in sport and obesity levels has generated inconsistent findings in previous research, but many of these studies were looking at BMI only.

(Children who walk to school less likely to be overweight or obese, study suggests, University of Cambridge)

People in the group with the lowest severity of obesity, with a BMI of 30 to 35, were more than five times as likely to develop type 2 diabetes and sleep apnoea as those of a normal weight.

(Middle Age Severely Obese People More Likely to Die Early, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Also called BMI.

(Body mass index, NCI Dictionary)

Ten of the 13 associations remained after adjusting for BMI.

(Physical activity associated with lower risk of many cancers, NIH)

In a woman with an underweight pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), i.e. less than 18.5, the weight gained during pregnancy exceeds a total weight gain of 40 lbs.

(Excessive Weight Gain in Pregnancy, NCI Thesaurus)

Laurent further mentioned that the hypothesis of the study was that the thickness of the cerebral cortex would mediate the relationship between BMI and executive function.

(Obesity Can Affect Kids’ Working Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)