Synonyms for bmi
bmi

Princeton's WordNet

1. body mass index, BMInoun

   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

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1. List of paraphrases for "bmi":

   imc, gci, imb, oio, imdb, bmis

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1. BMI

   Synonyms:
   Body mass index, Quetelet index

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1. Krishnan Bhaskaran:

   BMI higher than 25, the upper end of healthy, is linked to most cancers, most cardiovascular diseases, respiratory disease, and liver and kidney conditions.

2. Amir Ghaferi:

   There’s always a concern about weight regain over time so it’s good to see 50 percent of excess (BMI) was kept off at 10 years.

3. Laura Beyer:

   The only way to fight obesity is to address unhealthy habits in that child's home, i can guarantee that parents whose children's BMI falls into the category of obesity aren't losing sleep over it in the first place.

4. Joanna Harper:

   It is probably true that the greatest changes in the strength of trans women on hormone therapy occur in the first 12 months, but there aren't enough data to make a definitive statement, it is possible that there are further declines in strength after 36 months, and a recent small study out of Brazil suggests that the entire strength advantage might go away. But they just looked at grip strength in eight trans women, compared with eight cis women matched for BMI, so I think the matter is far from settled.

5. Kristen Smith:

   There's a lot more to assessing health than knowing one's body weight, an individual with a normal BMI may have fat stored in locations in their body that could put them at increased risk for chronic diseases and heart failure.