BMI
Height-weight calculation
BMI stands for body mass index, a numerical measure of body fat based on a person's weight relative to their height.
Calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by height in meters squared, it produces a number that health professionals use to categorize people as underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese.
Though widely used in medical settings and health screenings, BMI has been criticized for not distinguishing between muscle and fat mass, making it a blunt instrument for assessing individual health.
Excess body fat condition
- overweightExceeding healthy mass
- underweightBelow normal mass
- normal weightExpected mass for height
- morbid obesityDangerously excessive body fat
adiposity · metabolic · cardiovascular · diabetes · hypertension · mortality · comorbidity · risk factor
Fixed method or notation
- kilogramsMetric mass units
- metersMeasuring devices
- squaredRaised to second power
- adiposityExcessive bodily fat
quotient · division · numerical · result · score · value · computation · ratio
Ongoing payments to creators
- licensingGranting official permission
- songwriterOne who composes music
- publisherCompany releasing books
- ASCAPMusic royalty organization
radio · airplay · copyright · composition · broadcast
Evaluative selection process
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- anthropometryScience of body measurements
- percentilesHundredth-fraction rank markers
- growth chartsGraphs tracking child size
clinical · evaluation · monitoring · tracking · baseline · follow-up · pediatric · adult
Below normal mass
- normalConforming to standard
- overweightExceeding healthy mass
- obeseExtremely overweight, unhealthily so
- categoryA class of things
range · threshold · cutoff · borderline · severe · moderate · mild · status
Midsection perimeter measurement
- fat distributionWhere body stores lipids
- visceral fatFat stored around organs
- athleteSports competitor
- bodybuilderCompetitive physique athlete
misleading · inaccurate · critique · alternative · skinfold · bioimpedance
obesity
Excess body fat condition
- overweightExceeding healthy mass
- underweightBelow normal mass
- normal weightExpected mass for height
morbid obesity · adiposity · metabolic · cardiovascular · diabetes · hypertension · mortality · comorbidity · risk factor · healthy weight
formula
Fixed method or notation
adiposity · quotient · division · numerical · result · score · value · computation · ratio · equation
royalties
Ongoing payments to creators
- licensingGranting official permission
- songwriterOne who composes music
- publisherCompany releasing books
ASCAP · radio · airplay · copyright · composition · broadcast
screening
Evaluative selection process
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- anthropometryScience of body measurements
- percentilesHundredth-fraction rank markers
growth charts · clinical · evaluation · monitoring · tracking · baseline · follow-up · pediatric · adult · geriatric
underweight
Below normal mass
- normalConforming to standard
- overweightExceeding healthy mass
- obeseExtremely overweight, unhealthily so
category · range · threshold · cutoff · borderline · severe · moderate · mild · status · tier
waist circumference
Midsection perimeter measurement
- fat distributionWhere body stores lipids
- visceral fatFat stored around organs
- athleteSports competitor
bodybuilder · misleading · inaccurate · critique · alternative · skinfold · bioimpedance
- abbreviationsMr, Mrs, Ms, Dr, Jr
- fitness testsagility tests, pacer test, endurance tests, push-up test, flexibility test
- growth assessmentheight, weight chart, height measurement, growth chart, growth charts
- Health Metricsblood pressure, heart rate, pulse, blood sugar, cholesterol
- bariatricsbariatric surgery, gastric bypass, lap band, bariatric surgeon, weight loss surgery
- underwritingunderwriting, underwriter, eligibility criteria, conditional approval, policy limits
Proportion of mass from lipids
BMIVO2 max
Peak oxygen consumption rate
blood pressure · clinical examination · cardiovascular fitness
body, mass, index, bodies, bodily, masses, massed, massing, massive