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body mass in·dex
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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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Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
body mass index
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BMI
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The main takeaway is that having excess body fat, even when you have a normal body mass index, is associated with an increased risk for breast cancer.
Cereal is a delicious and nutritious breakfast, numerous studies show that a cereal breakfast is associated with lower BMIs (body mass index) in both children and adults. As a matter of fact, a serving of Frosted Flakes with skim milk has just 150 calories and delivers valuable nutrients including calcium, B vitamins and iron.
People in densely populated areas are more susceptible to being infected with Covid-19, the higher the body mass index, the more infected, in this case [ those who are ] overweight and obese. People with high blood sugar levels are also more at risk.
We looked at the genetic maps of people with a BMI [ body mass index ] below 18 and compared them with those of people of normal weight and found the [ genetic variant ] that correlated with being super skinny.
We were surprised about the strength of the effect of television watching compared with the effects of advancing age, history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, or body mass index in this study, we speculated that leg immobility during television watching had increased their risk of fatal pulmonary embolism.
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