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• Underweight — The term underweight refers to a human who is considered to be under a healthy weight. The definition is usually made with reference to the body mass index (BMI). A BMI of under 18.5 is usually referred to as underweight [National Heart Lung and… …   Wikipedia

• Body mass index — The body mass index (BMI), or Quetelet index, is a statistical measurement which compares a person s weight and height. Though it does not actually measure the percentage of body fat, it is a useful tool to estimate a healthy body weight based on …   Wikipedia

• Body shape — Human body shape has sophisticated details and purposes. Shape or figure is defined mainly by skeletal structure, muscles and fat. [ body shape is determined by the nature of body fat distribution [http://www.psichi.org/pubs/articles/article… …   Wikipedia

• underweight — 1. adjective a) Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight. Hes so underweight hes had to buy smaller clothes. b) Not too heavy for an intended purpose. Hes thirty pounds underweight …   Wiktionary

• body mass index — ▪ medicine  an estimate of total body fat. The BMI is defined as weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in metres: weight height2 = BMI. This number, which is central to determining whether an individual is clinically defined as… …   Universalium

• underweight — un·der·weight wāt adj weighing less than the normal amount for one s age, height, and build <underweight children> <underweight adults typically have a body mass index of less than 18.5> …   Medical dictionary

• Body weight — Although many people prefer the less ambiguous term body mass, the term body weight is overwhelmingly used in daily English speech and in biological and medical science contexts to describe the mass of an organism s body. Body weight is measured… …   Wikipedia

• body mass index — (BMI) the weight of a person (in kilograms) divided by the square of the height of that person (in metres): used as an indicator of whether or not a person is over or underweight. For example, a person who is 1.7 m tall and weighs 65 kg has a BMI …   Medical dictionary

• body mass index — BMI the weight of a person (in kilograms) divided by the square of the height of that person (in metres): used as an indicator of whether or not a person is over or underweight. For example, a person who is 1.7 m tall and weighs 65 kg has a BMI… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• body mass index — noun (plural body mass indices) an approximate measure of whether someone is over or underweight, calculated by dividing their weight in kilograms by the square of their height in metres …   English new terms dictionary

• body mass index — noun a statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height, used to estimate if a person is underweight or overweight. BMI units are defined as ≈ …   Wiktionary