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28 Ιουν 2020 · The Body Mass Index (BMI) was developed to estimate the risk for overweight in large samples of people from the wealthy, heavily industrialized nations of Western Europe and North America.
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1 Απρ 2015 · The body mass index (BMI) is the metric currently in use for defining anthropometric height/weight characteristics in adults and for classifying (categorizing) them into groups. The common...
5 Νοε 2023 · Body mass index (BMI) is the method of utilizing an adult's height and weight to broadly place them into underweight, normal weight, overweight and obese categories.
Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of weight adjusted for height, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters (kg/m2). Although BMI is often considered an indicator of body fatness, it is a surrogate measure of body fat because it measures excess weight rather than excess fat.
12 Αυγ 2019 · This paper tries to discuss aspects of Body Mass Index (BMI) that represents an index of body fat content in human, and is extensively used worldwide to measure different grades of...
Body mass index (BMI) is defined as an individual’s body weight divided by the square of his or her height (standard unit of measure is kg/m 2) (Table 1). It is used to estimate an individual’s adiposity based on his/her height, assuming an average body composition.
Nutritional status is generally assessed using the body mass index (BMI). In adults, cut-off points to define grades of thinness were validated by measurements of basal metabolic rate (2) and grades of overweight were based on the association between BMI and mortality (3, 4).
