BMI

[ bee-em-ahy ]

abbreviation for

1. body mass index.

BMI

abbreviation for

1. body mass index
2. Broadcast Music Incorporated

Example Sentences

“The reality is we have a big need to help many people living with extreme levels of high BMI to help lose weight with these drugs that will give multiple benefits and for many years we haven’t had such tools. There are many individuals, roughly speaking one in four to one in five adults living in the UK, who could benefit from these drugs.”

From BBC

The standard way of categorising people's weight is by calculating their body mass index, or BMI, which means dividing an adult's weight in kilograms by the square of their height in metres.

From BBC

For most adults, if your BMI is:

From BBC

Those with an Asian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, Black African or African-Caribbean family background need to use a lower BMI score to measure overweight and obesity:

From BBC

BMI has some limitations because it measures whether a person is carrying too much weight but not too much fat.

From BBC