Sentences with phrase «called body mass index»

The best way working out what a «normal» body weight is for you is to gauge it based on your height using a scale called body mass index (BMI).

Health experts define obesity using a scale called the body mass index, or BMI.

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They analysed genetic variants with known effects on height and body mass index (BMI) from 119,000 individuals aged between 40 and 70 in the UK Biobank — a database of biological information from half a million British adults — using a technique called mendelian randomisation.

Recent studies have examined whether some individuals with a body - mass index (BMI) that meets the criteria for obesity can maintain healthy blood pressure, cholesterol levels, blood sugar and levels of fats in the blood called triglycerides.

And in January 2009 another Nature Genetics paper found an association between high body mass index and a 45,000 base - pair deletion in a gene called NEGR1, which affects neuronal growth in the hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates hunger and metabolism.

In this study, researchers measured leptin levels, body mass index (BMI) and levels of an inflammation marker called C - reactive protein in 172 12 year old children from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Study.

In what has been called the largest study of its kind (data on over 500,000 people) researchers classified participants based on their body mass index (BMI), calculated as weight (kg) divided -LSB-...]

Insurance companies use a so called BMI index (body - mass index, a ratio of your height and weight) to determine your premiums.

Different companies may call these categories something different, but there are generally three or four categories based on your body mass index and health conditions, medical history, family history, and driving record.

Insurance companies use a so called BMI index (body - mass index, a ratio of your height and weight) to determine your premiums.