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2. Body mass index - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. Relative weight based on mass and height Medical diagnostic method Body mass index (BMI) Chart showing body mass index (BMI) for a range of heights and weights in both metric and imperial. Colours indicate BMI categories defined by the World Health Organization ; underweight, normal ...

3. A new definition of obesity goes beyond BMI. What this could ...

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   The main advantage of BMI is ease of calculation. All you need to know someone’s BMI is a scale and ruler. ... First, instead of using BMI to define obesity, the authors propose using it as part ...

4. Classification of obesity - Wikipedia

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   Obesity and BMI An obese male with a body mass index of 53 kg/m 2: weight 182 kg (400 lb), height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in). Obesity classification is a ranking of obesity, the medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it has an adverse effect on health. [1]

5. List of sovereign states by body mass index - Wikipedia

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   Mean BMI (kg/m 2), World Health Organization (WHO), 2014 [1] ... List of countries by obesity rate; References This page was last edited on 6 January 2025, at 03:05 ...

6. BMI is wrong way to measure obesity, researchers say - AOL

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   A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index ...

7. Why BMI is not the obesity measurement we need - AOL

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   A big part of the problem is relying too much on body mass index (BMI), which is often used to define obesity as a BMI over 30 kilograms per square meter (kg/m²) for people of European descent.