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Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and
weight that applies to adult men and women.
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The body mass index (BMI), or Quetelet index, is a statistical
measure of body weight based on a person's weight and height. Though it
does not actually measure the percentage of body fat, it is used to
estimate a healthy body weight based on a person's height. Due to its
ease of measurement and calculation, it is the most widely uZsed
diagnostic tool to identify weight problems within a population, usually
whether individuals are underweight, overweight or obese. It was
invented between 1830 and 1850 by the Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet
during the course of developing "social physics". Body mass index is
defined as the individual's body weight divided by the square of his or
her height. The formulae universally used in medicine produce a unit of
measure of kg/m2. |
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