Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

BMI

English translation:

Body Mass Index

Added to glossary by amfaccini
Oct 4, 2004 08:31
19 yrs ago
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Italian term

BMI

Italian to English Medical Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) obesity
Sono state arruolate 30 pazienti ambulatoriali di sesso femminile, con età media di a. 33,83 ± 6,31 (minima 20 a. e massima 44 a.), con BMI compre-so tra 25 e 30, presenza di ipercolesterolemia (colesterolo totale > 220 mg%) e di iperglicemia (glicemia > 120 mg%).

Can anyone give me a clue to what this stands for?
Proposed translations (English)
5 +7 Body Mass Index

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Body Mass Index

Body mass index (BMI) is measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women.



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Note added at 4 mins (2004-10-04 08:35:29 GMT)
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Look on google for loads of calculators and explanations of the BMI scores.

Peer comment(s):

agree Grace Anderson : you beat me to it - I'll hide my answer.
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I'm not usually so quick. Can you tell I'm putting off starting work this morning?!
agree Maurizio Valente
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agree Sabrina b
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agree Gilberto Lacchia
55 mins
agree Livia D'Ettorre
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agree Alessandra Renna
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agree Marie-Hélène Hayles : and of course you don't actually need to put it in full, you can just leave it as BMI
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