Definition of Body mass index

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Bmi
Generic synonyms: Index, Index Number, Indicant, Indicator

Definition of Body mass index

1. Noun. a statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height, used to estimate if a person is underweight or overweight. BMI units are defined as \mathrm{kg}/\mathrm{m}^2 ? \mathrm{703*lb}/\mathrm{in}^2. ¹

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Medical Definition of Body mass index

1. One of the anthropometric measures of body mass; it has the highest correlation with skinfold thickness or body density. (12 Dec 1998)

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