Body-Mass-Index
21body mass index — 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 ≈ …
22body mass index — (BMI) the weight of a person (in kilograms) divided by the square of the height of that person (in metres): used as an indicator of whether or not a person is over or underweight. For example, a person who is 1.7 m tall and weighs 65 kg has a BMI …
23body mass index — BMI the weight of a person (in kilograms) divided by the square of the height of that person (in metres): used as an indicator of whether or not a person is over or underweight. For example, a person who is 1.7 m tall and weighs 65 kg has a BMI… …
24Index, body mass (BMI) — An index that relates body weight to height. The body mass index (BMI) is obtained by dividing a person s weight in kilograms (kg) by their height in meters (m) squared. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) now defines normal weight,… …
25BMI (body mass index) — A key index for relating body weight to height. The BMI is a person s weight in kilograms (kg) divided by their height in meters (m)squared. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) now defines normal weight, overweight, and obesity according to… …
26Area Mass Index — Der Area Mass Index (AMI) ist eine Kenngröße aus der Anthropometrie und stellt das Verhältnis der Körpermasse eines Menschen – gemessen in Kilogramm (kg) – zu seiner tatsächlichen Körperoberfläche – gemessen in m² – dar. Die Einheit des AMI… …
27Brain to body mass ratio — (also known as the Encephalization Quotient or EQ) is a rough estimate of the possible intelligence of an organism.It is defined as the ratio of the actual brain mass to the expected brain mass of a typical animal that size, EQ=m(brain)/Em(brain) …
28Body shaping — Body contouring is a general term that refers to any surgical procedure that alters different areas of the body, whether it is in a massive weight loss patient or not. Body contouring after massive weight loss refers to a series of procedures… …
29Body fat percentage — A person s body mass percentage is the total weight of the person s fat divided by the person s weight and consists of essential body fat and storage body fat. Essential body fat is necessary to maintain life and reproductive functions. The… …
30Body weight — Although many people prefer the less ambiguous term body mass, the term body weight is overwhelmingly used in daily English speech and in biological and medical science contexts to describe the mass of an organism s body. Body weight is measured… …
