Body Mass Index — synonyms, definition

1. body mass index (Noun)

BMI

body mass index (Noun) — A number reflecting human weight in relationship to height, defined as weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.

body mass index (Noun) — A measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds by 703 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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