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 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
• 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
• Most patients in the trial had a body mass index, or BMI, of 30 or higher.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 1 Jan. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The participants had a body mass index, or BMI, ranging from 22 to 27.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 9 Feb. 2023
• Even body mass index—the tool that providers use to diagnose obesity—may be flawed.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 19 Jan. 2024
• Participants had a body mass index, or BMI, of 27 or greater.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 26 June 2023
• In adults, obesity is defined as having a body mass index of 30 or more.
  — John Fauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2021
• The patients' mean age was 61, and the mean body mass index was 33, falling in the category of obesity.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 13 Nov. 2023
• Young people who have a body mass index that meets or exceeds the 95th percentile for kids of the same age and gender are considered obese.
  — Jonel Aleccia, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2023
• But there’s another one that’s received less notice, and it’s based on body mass index, or BMI.
  — Kiera Feldman Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2021
• For people with type 2 diabetes who have a body mass index greater than 35, bariatric surgery may be an option.
  — Verywell Health, 2 Feb. 2023
• People with a body mass index or BMI of 30 or higher are considered obese.
  — Jonel Aleccia, Fortune Well, 7 Nov. 2023
• The less good news is that 42 percent of the adult U.S. population is obese, based on body mass index criteria.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
• These include increasing age for both men and women and having a very low or high body mass index.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 26 Apr. 2021
• Of the study's lean participants -- defined by the study as having a body mass index (BMI) of less than 25 -- 10% had a high amount of pericardial fat.
  — Lisa Drayer, CNN, 1 June 2021
• Adults who have a body mass index (BMI) – a calculation based on one’s height and weight – over 30 are considered obese.
  — Rachel Fadem, CNN, 7 July 2022
• Some of the most common: BMI: Students with a body mass index of 25 or higher are now eligible.
  — Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2021
• Doctors still can prescribe it as an off-label for obesity or for those with a high body mass index (BMI) of 27kg/m2 or greater.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
• Those with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or higher qualified for the vaccine regardless of age.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2021
• This is in part because Asians tend to have diabetes at lower body weights or body mass index than other groups.
  — Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 July 2022
• So are people who are overweight, defined as having a body mass index of 25 or higher.
  — oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2021
• Yes, weight is tied into your body mass index (BMI), a screening method for how your weight might relate to disease outcomes.
  — Suzie Glassman, Health.com, 11 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024