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.
• In fact, research has shown that slower eaters tend to have lower body mass indexes than those who eat quickly.
  — Marie Claire, 30 Apr. 2014
• Obesity in adults is defined using a person's body mass index, the ratio between weight and height.
  — Meera Senthilingam, CNN, 10 Oct. 2017
• This can lead to lower total cholesterol levels and body mass index, which reduce the risk of chronic health issues, and increase longevity overall.
  — Farzaneh Daghigh, Phd, Philly.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• Tessa's teacher made her eighth grade class measure their body mass index (also known as BMI), which determines body fat based on height and weight.
  — Kate Storey, Seventeen, 8 Apr. 2016
• In addition, high blood glucose, high blood pressure, high body mass index, and high total cholesterol were all in the top ten leading risk factors for death for men and women globally.
  — Maggie Fox, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2017
• The devices sync to apps to track your weight and BMI (body mass index), a measure which is used to determine whether a person is a healthy weight, overweight or obese.
  — Lauren Meltzer, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2017
• The packet gave a snapshot of his physical condition — weight, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and body mass index — and target values for each measure.
  — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2017
• Oh, by the way, the authors didn’t control for body mass index, even though, unsurprisingly, people who have the highest BMIs had the most strokes.
  — Jeremy Samuel Faust, Slate Magazine, 24 Apr. 2017
• Plus, 55 percent of all cancers diagnosed in women were linked with having a body mass index (BMI) of at least 25.
  — Amy Capetta, SELF, 5 Oct. 2017
• So to look more objectively at weight and health, health experts devised a calculation of weight in relation to height called body mass index, or BMI.
  — Amanda MacMillan, Outside Online, 2 Apr. 2015
• About two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight or obese, defined as having a body mass index of at least 25 or at least 30, respectively.
  — Amanda MacMillan, Time, 5 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Researchers found that the group who added cumin to their yogurt reduced weight, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference.
  — Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 20 Sep. 2024
• Hon, who was not involved in the study, warns that children with a high body mass index have a greater likelihood to develop obesity as an adult, which can place them at a risk for future health complications.
  — Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Nov 2024