Body mass index (English Wikipedia)

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For example, in the UK where people often know their weight in stone and height in feet and inches – see "Calculate your body mass index". 30 August 2006. Retrieved 2019-12-11.

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v Roth J (2018). "Taller people should have Higher BMI's and Blood Pressure Measurements as their Normal" (PDF). Biomed J Sci & Tech Res. 6 (4). doi:10.26717/BJSTR.2018.06.001381. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09.

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Di Angelantonio E, Bhupathiraju S, Wormser D, Gao P, Kaptoge S, Berrington de Gonzalez A, et al. (August 2016). "Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents". Lancet. 388 (10046): 776–86. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30175-1. PMC 4995441. PMID 27423262.
Eknoyan G (January 2008). "Adolphe Quetelet (1796–1874) – the average man and indices of obesity". Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation. 23 (1): 47–51. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm517. PMID 17890752.
Heiberg A (2006-11-04). "Notes on the History of Normality – Reflections on the Work of Quetelet and Galton". Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. 8 (4): 232–246. doi:10.1080/15017410600608491.
Blackburn H, Jacobs D (June 2014). "Commentary: Origins and evolution of body mass index (BMI): continuing saga" (PDF). International Journal of Epidemiology. 43 (3): 665–669. doi:10.1093/ije/dyu061. PMID 24691955.
Keys A, Fidanza F, Karvonen MJ, Kimura N, Taylor HL (July 1972). "Indices of relative weight and obesity". Journal of Chronic Diseases. 25 (6): 329–343. doi:10.1016/0021-9681(72)90027-6. PMID 4650929.
Ogunlade O, Adalumo OA, Asafa MA (2015). "Challenges of body mass index classification: New criteria for young adult Nigerians". Niger J Health Sci. 15 (15:71–4): 71. doi:10.4103/1596-4078.182319 (inactive 1 November 2024). S2CID 132117809.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
WHO Expert Consultation (January 2004). "Appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations and its implications for policy and intervention strategies". Lancet. 363 (9403): 157–163. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)15268-3. PMID 14726171. S2CID 15637224.
Shiwaku K, Anuurad E, Enkhmaa B, Nogi A, Kitajima K, Shimono K, et al. (January 2004). "Overweight Japanese with body mass indexes of 23.0–24.9 have higher risks for obesity-associated disorders: a comparison of Japanese and Mongolians". International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders. 28 (1): 152–158. doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802486. PMID 14557832. S2CID 287574.
Kanazawa M, Yoshiike N, Osaka T, Numba Y, Zimmet P, Inoue S (December 2002). "Criteria and classification of obesity in Japan and Asia-Oceania" (PDF). Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 11: S732-7. doi:10.1046/j.1440-6047.11.s8.19.x.^: S734
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"Are you at risk of diabetes? Research finds prevention should start at a different BMI for each ethnic group". NIHR Evidence (Plain English summary). National Institute for Health and Care Research. 2022-03-10. doi:10.3310/alert_48878. S2CID 247390548.
Caleyachetty R, Barber TM, Mohammed NI, Cappuccio FP, Hardy R, Mathur R, et al. (July 2021). "Ethnicity-specific BMI cutoffs for obesity based on type 2 diabetes risk in England: a population-based cohort study". The Lancet. Diabetes & Endocrinology. 9 (7): 419–426. doi:10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00088-7. PMC 8208895. PMID 33989535.
Nuttall FQ (2015-04-07). "Body Mass Index — Obesity, BMI, and Health: A Critical Review". Nutrition Today. 50 (3): 117–128. doi:10.1097/NT.0000000000000092. PMC 4890841. PMID 27340299.
World Health Organization (January 10, 2004). "Appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations and its implications for policy and intervention strategies" (PDF). The Lancet. 363 (9403): 157–163. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(03)15268-3. PMID 14726171. S2CID 15637224. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 10, 2006.
Flegal KM, Kruszon-Moran D, Carroll MD, Fryar CD, Ogden CL (June 2016). "Trends in Obesity Among Adults in the United States, 2005 to 2014". JAMA. 315 (21): 2284–2291. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.6458. PMC 11197437. PMID 27272580.
Bhaskaran K, Douglas I, Forbes H, dos-Santos-Silva I, Leon DA, Smeeth L (August 2014). "Body-mass index and risk of 22 specific cancers: a population-based cohort study of 5·24 million UK adults". Lancet. 384 (9945): 755–765. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60892-8. PMC 4151483. PMID 25129328.
Jaimes R, Rocco AG (2014). "Multiple epidural steroid injections and body mass index linked with occurrence of epidural lipomatosis: a case series". BMC Anesthesiology. 14: 70. doi:10.1186/1471-2253-14-70. PMC 4145583. PMID 25183952.
Stokes A, Preston SH (December 2015). "Smoking and reverse causation create an obesity paradox in cardiovascular disease". Obesity. 23 (12): 2485–2490. doi:10.1002/oby.21239. PMC 4701612. PMID 26421898.
Dons E, Rojas-Rueda D, Anaya-Boig E, Avila-Palencia I, Brand C, Cole-Hunter T, et al. (October 2018). "Transport mode choice and body mass index: Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from a European-wide study" (PDF). Environment International. 119 (119): 109–116. Bibcode:2018EnInt.119..109D. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2018.06.023. hdl:10044/1/61061. PMID 29957352. S2CID 49607716.
Flegal KM, Graubard BI, Williamson DF, Gail MH (April 2005). "Excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity". JAMA. 293 (15): 1861–1867. doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1861. PMID 15840860.
Whitlock G, Lewington S, Sherliker P, Clarke R, Emberson J, Halsey J, et al. (March 2009). "Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies". Lancet. 373 (9669): 1083–1096. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60318-4. PMC 2662372. PMID 19299006.
Walsh J, Heazlewood IT, Climstein M (July 2018). "Body Mass Index in Master Athletes: Review of the Literature". Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 8 (2): 79–98. doi:10.15280/jlm.2018.8.2.79. PMC 6239137. PMID 30474004.
Lim JS, Lee DH, Park JY, Jin SH, Jacobs DR (June 2007). "A strong interaction between serum gamma-glutamyltransferase and obesity on the risk of prevalent type 2 diabetes: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey". Clinical Chemistry. 53 (6): 1092–1098. doi:10.1373/clinchem.2006.079814. PMID 17478563.
Romero-Corral A, Montori VM, Somers VK, Korinek J, Thomas RJ, Allison TG, et al. (August 2006). "Association of bodyweight with total mortality and with cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease: a systematic review of cohort studies". Lancet. 368 (9536): 666–678. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69251-9. PMID 16920472. S2CID 23306195.
Romero-Corral A, Somers VK, Sierra-Johnson J, Thomas RJ, Collazo-Clavell ML, Korinek J, et al. (June 2008). "Accuracy of body mass index in diagnosing obesity in the adult general population". International Journal of Obesity. 32 (6): 959–966. doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.11. PMC 2877506. PMID 18283284.
Schneider HJ, Friedrich N, Klotsche J, Pieper L, Nauck M, John U, et al. (April 2010). "The predictive value of different measures of obesity for incident cardiovascular events and mortality". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 95 (4): 1777–1785. doi:10.1210/jc.2009-1584. PMID 20130075.
Mørkedal B, Romundstad PR, Vatten LJ (June 2011). "Informativeness of indices of blood pressure, obesity and serum lipids in relation to ischaemic heart disease mortality: the HUNT-II study". European Journal of Epidemiology. 26 (6): 457–461. doi:10.1007/s10654-011-9572-7. PMC 3115050. PMID 21461943.
Kronmal RA (1993). "Spurious correlation and the fallacy of the ratio standard revisited". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. 156 (3): 379–392. doi:10.2307/2983064. JSTOR 2983064.
Taylor RS (May 2010). "Letter to the editor". Paediatrics & Child Health. 15 (5): 258. doi:10.1093/pch/15.5.258. PMC 2912631. PMID 21532785.
Sperrin M, Marshall AD, Higgins V, Renehan AG, Buchan IE (September 2016). "Body mass index relates weight to height differently in women and older adults: serial cross-sectional surveys in England (1992-2011)". Journal of Public Health. 38 (3): 607–613. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdv067. PMC 5072155. PMID 26036702.
Diverse Populations Collaborative Group (September 2005). "Weight-height relationships and body mass index: some observations from the Diverse Populations Collaboration". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 128 (1): 220–229. doi:10.1002/ajpa.20107. PMID 15761809.
Levitt DG, Heymsfield SB, Pierson RN, Shapses SA, Kral JG (September 2007). "Physiological models of body composition and human obesity". Nutrition & Metabolism. 4: 19. doi:10.1186/1743-7075-4-19. PMC 2082278. PMID 17883858.
Campos P, Saguy A, Ernsberger P, Oliver E, Gaesser G (February 2006). "The epidemiology of overweight and obesity: public health crisis or moral panic?". International Journal of Epidemiology. 35 (1): 55–60. doi:10.1093/ije/dyi254. PMID 16339599.
v Roth J (2018). "Taller people should have Higher BMI's and Blood Pressure Measurements as their Normal" (PDF). Biomed J Sci & Tech Res. 6 (4). doi:10.26717/BJSTR.2018.06.001381. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09.
Heymsfield Steven B, Gallagher Dympna, Mayer Laurel, Beetsch Joel ja Pietrobelli Angelo (July 2007). "Scaling of human body composition to stature: new insights into body mass index". The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 86 (1): 82–91. doi:10.1093/ajcn/86.1.82. PMC 2729090. PMID 17616766.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Rahman SA, Adjeroh D (2015). "Surface-Based Body Shape Index and Its Relationship with All-Cause Mortality". PLOS ONE. 10 (12): e0144639. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1044639R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144639. PMC 4692532. PMID 26709925.
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endocrine-abstracts.org

Tahrani A, Boelaert K, Barnes R, Palin S, Field A, Redmayne H, et al. (2008-04-01). "Body volume index: time to replace body mass index?". Endocrine Abstracts. 15. ISSN 1470-3947.

fitnessofbody.com

"Body weight chart – ideal goal weight chart". Fitness of Body – Health & Wellness site. Archived from the original on 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2019-04-21.

ghostarchive.org

The SuRF Report 2 (PDF). The Surveillance of Risk Factors Report Series (SuRF). World Health Organization. 2005. p. 22. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09.
"Selected health conditions and risk factors, by age: the United States, selected years" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09.
v Roth J (2018). "Taller people should have Higher BMI's and Blood Pressure Measurements as their Normal" (PDF). Biomed J Sci & Tech Res. 6 (4). doi:10.26717/BJSTR.2018.06.001381. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09.

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abcnews.go.com

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Dons E, Rojas-Rueda D, Anaya-Boig E, Avila-Palencia I, Brand C, Cole-Hunter T, et al. (October 2018). "Transport mode choice and body mass index: Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from a European-wide study" (PDF). Environment International. 119 (119): 109–116. Bibcode:2018EnInt.119..109D. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2018.06.023. hdl:10044/1/61061. PMID 29957352. S2CID 49607716.

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Dons E, Rojas-Rueda D, Anaya-Boig E, Avila-Palencia I, Brand C, Cole-Hunter T, et al. (October 2018). "Transport mode choice and body mass index: Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from a European-wide study" (PDF). Environment International. 119 (119): 109–116. Bibcode:2018EnInt.119..109D. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2018.06.023. hdl:10044/1/61061. PMID 29957352. S2CID 49607716.
Rahman SA, Adjeroh D (2015). "Surface-Based Body Shape Index and Its Relationship with All-Cause Mortality". PLOS ONE. 10 (12): e0144639. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1044639R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144639. PMC 4692532. PMID 26709925.

hsph.harvard.edu

"Waist Size Matters". Harvard School of Public Health. 2012-10-21. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.

hospimedica.com

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jstor.org

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livescience.com

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medicalnewstoday.com

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mhlw.go.jp

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apjcn.nhri.org.tw

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nih.gov

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Di Angelantonio E, Bhupathiraju S, Wormser D, Gao P, Kaptoge S, Berrington de Gonzalez A, et al. (August 2016). "Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents". Lancet. 388 (10046): 776–86. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30175-1. PMC 4995441. PMID 27423262.
Eknoyan G (January 2008). "Adolphe Quetelet (1796–1874) – the average man and indices of obesity". Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation. 23 (1): 47–51. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfm517. PMID 17890752.
Blackburn H, Jacobs D (June 2014). "Commentary: Origins and evolution of body mass index (BMI): continuing saga" (PDF). International Journal of Epidemiology. 43 (3): 665–669. doi:10.1093/ije/dyu061. PMID 24691955.
Keys A, Fidanza F, Karvonen MJ, Kimura N, Taylor HL (July 1972). "Indices of relative weight and obesity". Journal of Chronic Diseases. 25 (6): 329–343. doi:10.1016/0021-9681(72)90027-6. PMID 4650929.
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Shiwaku K, Anuurad E, Enkhmaa B, Nogi A, Kitajima K, Shimono K, et al. (January 2004). "Overweight Japanese with body mass indexes of 23.0–24.9 have higher risks for obesity-associated disorders: a comparison of Japanese and Mongolians". International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders. 28 (1): 152–158. doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0802486. PMID 14557832. S2CID 287574.
Caleyachetty R, Barber TM, Mohammed NI, Cappuccio FP, Hardy R, Mathur R, et al. (July 2021). "Ethnicity-specific BMI cutoffs for obesity based on type 2 diabetes risk in England: a population-based cohort study". The Lancet. Diabetes & Endocrinology. 9 (7): 419–426. doi:10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00088-7. PMC 8208895. PMID 33989535.
Nuttall FQ (2015-04-07). "Body Mass Index — Obesity, BMI, and Health: A Critical Review". Nutrition Today. 50 (3): 117–128. doi:10.1097/NT.0000000000000092. PMC 4890841. PMID 27340299.
World Health Organization (January 10, 2004). "Appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations and its implications for policy and intervention strategies" (PDF). The Lancet. 363 (9403): 157–163. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(03)15268-3. PMID 14726171. S2CID 15637224. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 10, 2006.
Flegal KM, Kruszon-Moran D, Carroll MD, Fryar CD, Ogden CL (June 2016). "Trends in Obesity Among Adults in the United States, 2005 to 2014". JAMA. 315 (21): 2284–2291. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.6458. PMC 11197437. PMID 27272580.
Bhaskaran K, Douglas I, Forbes H, dos-Santos-Silva I, Leon DA, Smeeth L (August 2014). "Body-mass index and risk of 22 specific cancers: a population-based cohort study of 5·24 million UK adults". Lancet. 384 (9945): 755–765. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60892-8. PMC 4151483. PMID 25129328.
Jaimes R, Rocco AG (2014). "Multiple epidural steroid injections and body mass index linked with occurrence of epidural lipomatosis: a case series". BMC Anesthesiology. 14: 70. doi:10.1186/1471-2253-14-70. PMC 4145583. PMID 25183952.
Stokes A, Preston SH (December 2015). "Smoking and reverse causation create an obesity paradox in cardiovascular disease". Obesity. 23 (12): 2485–2490. doi:10.1002/oby.21239. PMC 4701612. PMID 26421898.
Dons E, Rojas-Rueda D, Anaya-Boig E, Avila-Palencia I, Brand C, Cole-Hunter T, et al. (October 2018). "Transport mode choice and body mass index: Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from a European-wide study" (PDF). Environment International. 119 (119): 109–116. Bibcode:2018EnInt.119..109D. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2018.06.023. hdl:10044/1/61061. PMID 29957352. S2CID 49607716.
Flegal KM, Graubard BI, Williamson DF, Gail MH (April 2005). "Excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity". JAMA. 293 (15): 1861–1867. doi:10.1001/jama.293.15.1861. PMID 15840860.
Whitlock G, Lewington S, Sherliker P, Clarke R, Emberson J, Halsey J, et al. (March 2009). "Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies". Lancet. 373 (9669): 1083–1096. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60318-4. PMC 2662372. PMID 19299006.
Walsh J, Heazlewood IT, Climstein M (July 2018). "Body Mass Index in Master Athletes: Review of the Literature". Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 8 (2): 79–98. doi:10.15280/jlm.2018.8.2.79. PMC 6239137. PMID 30474004.
Lim JS, Lee DH, Park JY, Jin SH, Jacobs DR (June 2007). "A strong interaction between serum gamma-glutamyltransferase and obesity on the risk of prevalent type 2 diabetes: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey". Clinical Chemistry. 53 (6): 1092–1098. doi:10.1373/clinchem.2006.079814. PMID 17478563.
Romero-Corral A, Montori VM, Somers VK, Korinek J, Thomas RJ, Allison TG, et al. (August 2006). "Association of bodyweight with total mortality and with cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease: a systematic review of cohort studies". Lancet. 368 (9536): 666–678. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69251-9. PMID 16920472. S2CID 23306195.
Romero-Corral A, Somers VK, Sierra-Johnson J, Thomas RJ, Collazo-Clavell ML, Korinek J, et al. (June 2008). "Accuracy of body mass index in diagnosing obesity in the adult general population". International Journal of Obesity. 32 (6): 959–966. doi:10.1038/ijo.2008.11. PMC 2877506. PMID 18283284.
Schneider HJ, Friedrich N, Klotsche J, Pieper L, Nauck M, John U, et al. (April 2010). "The predictive value of different measures of obesity for incident cardiovascular events and mortality". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 95 (4): 1777–1785. doi:10.1210/jc.2009-1584. PMID 20130075.
Mørkedal B, Romundstad PR, Vatten LJ (June 2011). "Informativeness of indices of blood pressure, obesity and serum lipids in relation to ischaemic heart disease mortality: the HUNT-II study". European Journal of Epidemiology. 26 (6): 457–461. doi:10.1007/s10654-011-9572-7. PMC 3115050. PMID 21461943.
Taylor RS (May 2010). "Letter to the editor". Paediatrics & Child Health. 15 (5): 258. doi:10.1093/pch/15.5.258. PMC 2912631. PMID 21532785.
Sperrin M, Marshall AD, Higgins V, Renehan AG, Buchan IE (September 2016). "Body mass index relates weight to height differently in women and older adults: serial cross-sectional surveys in England (1992-2011)". Journal of Public Health. 38 (3): 607–613. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdv067. PMC 5072155. PMID 26036702.
Diverse Populations Collaborative Group (September 2005). "Weight-height relationships and body mass index: some observations from the Diverse Populations Collaboration". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 128 (1): 220–229. doi:10.1002/ajpa.20107. PMID 15761809.
Levitt DG, Heymsfield SB, Pierson RN, Shapses SA, Kral JG (September 2007). "Physiological models of body composition and human obesity". Nutrition & Metabolism. 4: 19. doi:10.1186/1743-7075-4-19. PMC 2082278. PMID 17883858.
Campos P, Saguy A, Ernsberger P, Oliver E, Gaesser G (February 2006). "The epidemiology of overweight and obesity: public health crisis or moral panic?". International Journal of Epidemiology. 35 (1): 55–60. doi:10.1093/ije/dyi254. PMID 16339599.
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