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2. Body mass index - Wikipedia

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   The corpulence index yields valid results even for very short and very tall people, [64] which is a problem with BMI. For example, a 152.4 cm (5 ft 0 in) tall person at an ideal body weight of 48 kg (106 lb) gives a normal BMI of 20.74 and CI of 13.6, while a 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) tall person with a weight of 100 kg (220 lb) gives a BMI of 24.84 ...

3. Corpulence index - Wikipedia

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   The corpulence index yields valid results even for very short and very tall persons, [7] which is a problem with BMI — for example, an ideal body weight for a person 152.4 cm tall (48 kg) will render BMI of 20.7 and CI of 13.6, while for a person 200 cm tall (99 kg), the BMI will be 24.8, very close to the "overweight" threshold of 25, while ...

4. Is BMI or Body Fat More Important? - AOL

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   In short? BMI can be a good starting point, but it’s not the be-all, end-all. ... two people with the same BMI can have different body fat percentages. ... To calculate BMI, divide a person’s ...

5. Human body weight - Wikipedia

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   Human body weight is a person's mass or weight.. Strictly speaking, body weight is the measurement of mass without items located on the person. Practically though, body weight may be measured with clothes on, but without shoes or heavy accessories such as mobile phones and wallets, and using manual or digital weighing scales.

6. Body roundness index - Wikipedia

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   Compared to traditional metrics, such as the body mass index (BMI), (which uses weight and height), BRI may improve predictions of the amount of body fat and the volume of visceral adipose tissue. Despite its common use, BMI can misclassify individuals as obese because it does not distinguish between a person's lean body mass and fat mass ...

7. 4 of the Top Prescription Weight Loss Pills & How They Work - AOL

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   Most are reserved for people with a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30 (which is considered obesity) or at least 27 with weight-related health concerns like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure ...

8. Underweight - Wikipedia

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   It has been shown, however, that individuals with BMI < 18.5 eat about 12% less calories than individuals with normal BMI (21.5 to 25) and they are 23% less physically active (by accelerometry). [17] Underweight people tend to have low appetites and typically eat little, sporadically or infrequently.

9. Obesity - Wikipedia

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   People are classified as obese when their body mass index (BMI)—a person's weight divided by the square of the person's height—is over 30 kg/m 2; the range 25–30 kg/m 2 is defined as overweight. [1] Some East Asian countries use lower values to calculate obesity. [11]