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单词 body mass index
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body mass index
body mass index n. chiefly Medicine (originally) any of several formulae relating body weight and height (or length), usually in humans; (now) spec. weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in metres, used esp. as an indicator of obesity or general nutritional status; also called Quetelet index; abbreviated BMI.
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1940 W. H. Sheldon Varieties Human Physique 266 This is simply one variation of the ‘ponderal index’, or index of bodily mass.]
1959 Psychol. Rep. 5 495 No significant correlation..existed between weight and the ‘body mass index’ (BMI).
1975 Jrnl. Chronic Dis. 28 113 Table 4 shows a significant quadratic relationship for both relative weight and body mass index with total mortality.
1989 Acta Endocrinologica 121 456 However, ‘adapted body mass index’ (aBMI = gram body weight/(mm radial length)2) decreased in each of the IGF-I infused animals, whereas it increased in each of the control dogs.
2000 Business Rev. Weekly 16 June 43/2 Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30; overweight is between 25 and 30.
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