How to Use body mass index in a Sentence

body mass index

noun

• A person with a body mass index of more than 30 is considered to be obese.
• Obesity is measured as a function of the body mass index, a ratio of height to weight.
  — Sam Stebbins, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2018
• Researchers measured obesity in five ways: body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio and percentage body fat mass.
  — Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
• Instead of using height and weight to establish body mass index, each woman underwent a dual-energy bone x-ray to determine her level of body fat.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 27 Mar. 2018
• Researchers measured thigh and waist circumference as well as weight and height (used to calculate body mass index), then tracked the health of the subjects over the next 12.5 years.
  — Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
• The survey counted people with a body mass index of 30 or more as obese, and those with a B.M.I. of 40 or more as severely obese.
  — Matt Richtel and Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2018
• Heart attacks were more common in people who were obese, with the risk increasing along with increases in body mass index (BMI), a ratio of height to weight.
  — Lisa Rapaport, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2018
• There was also no DNA/diet interaction for waist circumference, body mass index, or body fat percentage.
  — Sharon Begley, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2018
• The study suggests that body mass index (BMI), which doesn’t factor in abdominal fat, is an outmoded way of assessing obesity.
  — Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 1 Oct. 2024
• In many of the physician notes, the first line noted the patient’s body mass index (BMI) of 41.
  — Ashley Andreou, Scientific American, 26 May 2022
• Everyone in the study had a BMI, or body mass index, of at least 35.
  — Carla K. Johnson, The Seattle Times, 16 Oct. 2018
• And boys' body mass index as children might play a role.
  — Minali Nigam, CNN, 22 July 2019
• But the teen had a body mass index in the normal range, with average height and weight.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2019
• Trump also is obese, with a body mass index just past 30.
  — The Associated Press, NOLA.com, 2 Oct. 2020
• The study involved 16 people with a body mass index in the overweight or obese range.
  — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2022
• The new guidelines, like the old ones, are based on body mass index, a measure of weight versus height.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2022
• The health baseline most doctors use is body mass index, or BMI, a score based on height and weight.
  — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2020
• Most patients in the trial had a body mass index, or BMI, of 30 or higher.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 1 Jan. 2023
• Humans die when their body mass index (BMI) is around 12.
  — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2018
• But in children, that ratio, called the body mass index, is measured as a range.
  — Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2021
• Among the higher risk groups include people with a body mass index of 25 or more.
  — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2021
• The whole idea of body mass index (BMI) was invented by a bunch of white dudes that were studying a bunch of white people in the ’40s.
  — WIRED, 24 Jan. 2023
• Weight loss for anyone who is overweight or obese based on body mass index.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2024
• Players were matched with people of the same age, race and body mass index, and their results were compared.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2022
• One of the main causes is being overweight (defined as a body mass index, or BMI, of over 25).
  — James Myhre & Dennis Sifris, Md, Verywell Health, 3 Sep. 2024
• Either way, his body mass index would have defined him as obese.
  — Annie Karni, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2020
• This includes overweight folks — anyone with a body mass index of 25 or above.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Oct. 2021
• The average change in BMI (body mass index) was -16 percent in the treatment group, and +0.6 percent in the placebo group.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2022
• Height and weight were average, and body mass index was normal.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 4 Sep. 2019
• Tech giants like Apple and Withings, alongside wellness apps like Yuka and Lumosity, have empowered consumers to monitor key health indicators, such as body mass index, heartbeat, and cognitive performance, on their own terms.
  — Hec Paris Insights, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024