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body mass index

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body mass index [¦bäd·ē ¦mas ‚in·deks]
(medicine)
An estimation of the amount of fat stored in adipose tissue that can be calculated by dividing the body weight in kilograms by the square of the height in meters. Abbreviated BMI.


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Prof Michael McMahon was speaking after a report revealed almost a quarter of the population have a body mass index (BMI) that classifies them as obese, compared with 11% a decade ago.
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