GC: n
S: WHO – http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/ (last access: 4 July 2016); CDC – https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/ (last access: 4 July 2016).
N: 1. Abbreviation: BMI.
2. Body Mass Index (BMI), an estimate of total body fat. The BMI is defined as weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in metres: weight height2 = BMI. This number, which is central to determining whether an individual is clinically defined as obese, parallels fatness but is not a direct measure of body fat. BMI is less sensitive than using a skinfold caliper or other method to measure body fat indirectly.
3. Interpretation of BMI numbers is based on weight status groupings, such as underweight, healthy weight, overweight, and obese, that are adjusted for age and sex.
4. Hygiene and Health; Dietetics: body mass index, BMI.
- The ratio of weight-for-height measured as the weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in metres.
- A ratio of weight-for-height commonly used to classify underweight, normal weight, overweight and obesity in adults.
S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=body+mass+index (last access: 4 July 2016); OD – http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/bmi (last access: 4 July 2016). 2 & 3. EncBrit – https://global.britannica.com/topic/body-mass-index (last access: 4 July 2016). 4. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 17 December 2024).
SYN: BMI
S: GDT – http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=8357771 (last access: 4 July 2016); TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 17 December 2024).
CR: android obesity, gynoid obesity, obesity, overweight, stoutness.
