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Circumference12
Obesity14
  • For example, students classified as obese or overweight after BMI screening require further medical examination to determine whether the student in fact has excess body fat or other conditions related to obesity (e.g., diabetes or prediabetes, high blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels, or early pubertal maturation). (cdc.gov)
  • Body mass index (BMI) has various deficiencies as a measure of obesity, especially when the BMI measure is based on self-reported height and weight. (nature.com)
  • The consequences of the errors in the measurement of obesity with BMI depend on whether they are differential or nondifferential. (nature.com)
  • The body mass index (BMI), body weight (kg) to squared height (m) ratio, is a well known index that is receiving increasing attention to evaluate the effects of overall obesity on ventilatory function. (ersjournals.com)
  • Obesity is a term used to describe an excessive amount of body fat. (dignityhealth.org)
  • Obesity is most commonly diagnosed using the measurement of body mass index (BMI) . (dignityhealth.org)
  • BMI doesn't take into account muscle mass, for example, so very muscular people may have a BMI indicating obesity. (dignityhealth.org)
  • Tools such as skinfold-thickness tests and ultrasound are other accurate ways to evaluate body composition and diagnose obesity. (dignityhealth.org)
  • NHANES body measures data are used to monitor trends in infant and child growth, to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the U.S. population, and to examine the associations between body weight and the health and nutritional status of the U.S. population. (cdc.gov)
  • The Sagittal Abdominal Diameter (SAD), a new measurement, was first obtained in the 2011-2012 survey cycle as a data collection effort to establish U.S. population-based reference ranges, and to improve the health risk assessments associated with body weight and obesity. (cdc.gov)
  • Taking in more calories than your body uses can lead to obesity. (limamemorial.org)
  • A measurement of more than 88 cm (35 inches) in women and 102 cm (40 inches) in men is considered abdominal obesity. (uniprix.com)
  • Obesity is defined using body mass index (BMI) calculated from height and weight, and a BMI of 30 kg/m 2 or higher is considered obese. (medscape.com)
  • Overweight indicates excess body weight for a given height from fat, muscle, bone, water or a combination of these factors, whereas obesity is defined as having excess body fat. (who.int)
Anthropometric measurements2
  • In the short-term anthropometric measurements and their variation overtime were not correlated with metabolic syndrome/diabetes. (frontiersin.org)
  • The relative age factor (formed by dividing a one-year period into four subgroups) was considered in the formation of norm tables, which were based on anthropometric measurements and motor tests according to gender. (thesportjournal.org)
Overweight5
  • The researchers counselled 212 people with an overweight body mass index (BMI) on how to reduce their calorie intake by one-fifth for three months. (newscientist.com)
  • Among people who are overweight, a 3 per cent loss in body weight has been linked to a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. (newscientist.com)
  • In other words, the more overweight you are, the greater the stress on your physiology-particularly the increased inflammation in your body-which affects the volume of the grey matter between your ears, in addition to putting you at risk for serious medical problems. (amenclinics.com)
  • This indicator reflects the percentage of school-age children and adolescents aged 5-19 years who are classified as overweight, based on age- and sex-specific values for body mass index (BMI). (who.int)
  • In relation to anthropometric, 21.16% of the practitioners were overweight and 36.53% had excess of body fat. (bvsalud.org)
Obese1
  • Results Of the 8490 participants with data on body mass index at 10 and 30 years, 4.3% were obese at 10 years and 16.3% at 30 years. (bmj.com)
Excess5
  • The BMI does not measure excess body fat , it just measures "excess" weight. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • It does not distinguish between excess body fat or bone mass or musculature and does not interpret the distribution of fat (which is a predictor of health, including type 2 diabetes, metabolic disorders and heart disease). (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Triglycerides are a type of fat that the body generates when excess calories are consumed, particularly calories from carbohydrates and fats. (onemedical.com)
  • Waist measurement, which is taken with a tape measure, is used to determine if someone is carrying excess fat around the stomach. (uniprix.com)
  • Doctors sometimes also use waist and hip measurements to measure excess body fat. (cdc.gov)
Coronary heart d1
Child's8
  • Beginning at age 2, a child's body mass index (BMI) can be calculated. (medlineplus.gov)
  • A BMI measurement can estimate a child's body fat. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Each of your child's measurements is placed on the growth chart. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Your child's measurements do not predict whether they will be tall, short, fat, or skinny as an adult. (medlineplus.gov)
  • When one of your child's measurements stays below the 10th percentile or above the 90th percentile for their age. (medlineplus.gov)
  • When your child's measurement does not stay close to one line on the graph. (medlineplus.gov)
  • It's important to look at and compare weight and height measurements to get a full picture of a child's growth. (kidshealth.org)
  • Accurate measurements of growth, and plotting these measurements on the appropriate growth chart for a child's age and gender is an essential part of the pediatric physical examination. (medscape.com)
Underwent2
  • The participants underwent simultaneous measurements of ESR, serum CRP, and interleukin-6 concentrations. (jabfm.org)
  • For this cross-sectional study, data were analyzed from randomly selected adults (n=774) who completed the Anniston Community Health Survey and underwent measurements of height, weight, fasting glucose, lipid and PCB levels and verification of medications. (cdc.gov)
NHANES3
  • Please refer to the NHANES 2011-2012 Anthropometry Procedures Manual ( https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhanes/2011-2012/manuals/anthropometry_procedures_manual.pdf ) for further details on obtaining body measurement. (cdc.gov)
  • The Anthropometry Procedures Manual includes detailed descriptions of the quality assurance and quality control measures that are used in the NHANES anthropometry/body measures component. (cdc.gov)
  • NHANES data contain the actual measurements. (medscape.com)
Prevalence2
  • We sought to determine whether infectious disease prevalence in infancy predicted body mass index (BMI) in adulthood. (cdc.gov)
  • The prevalence of diabetes was 27% and the PCB body burden of 35 major congeners ranged from 0.11 to 170.42 ppb, wet weight. (cdc.gov)
Participants8
  • Intervention participants demonstrated improvements in knowledge immediately after the training, reported modest weight loss, decreased body mass index, and decreased fast food consumption compared with control participants. (cdc.gov)
  • All survey participants were eligible for the body measures component. (cdc.gov)
  • The body measurements file does not identify participants who had amputations because that information may be considered identifiable and pose a disclosure concern. (cdc.gov)
  • The body weight data for participants who had limb amputations were set to missing. (cdc.gov)
  • The body measures data for these participants are not reported. (cdc.gov)
  • Weight and height measurements were again obtained when participants were 22 years of age. (cdc.gov)
  • The analysis of more than 1,000 blacks and Hispanics between the ages of 18 and 81 found that, in participants ages 40 and younger, sleeping fewer than five hours per night or more than eight hours per night was associated with higher concentrations of abdominal fat and increased body mass index (BMI) during the five-year study period compared with participants who slept six to seven hours per night. (time.com)
  • Body mass index (BMI) measurement and metabolic syndrome criteria were available for all participants. (jabfm.org)
Calculate5
  • We estimate the "utility-maximizing" Body Mass Index (BMI) and calculate the implied monetary value of changes in both individual and spousal BMI, using the compensating income variation method and data from the Swiss Household Panel. (springer.com)
  • One way to determine individuals' value of improvements in non-market goods like body mass index (BMI) is to calculate the willingness to pay (WTP) for such improvements or the willingness to accept (WTA) compensation for losses. (springer.com)
  • These values can be used to calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI). (onemedical.com)
  • BMI is a measurement that uses your weight and height to calculate if your weight is healthy. (newscientist.com)
  • To determine whether your weight is in a healthy range, doctors often calculate your body mass index (BMI) . (cdc.gov)
Person's4
  • COPD causes airflow obstruction, impacting a person's ability to get enough oxygen into their lungs and move it through their body. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • This represents how a person's body weight compares to their height, gender, and bone structure. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Doctors use symptoms, several measurements of lung function, and a person's overall health to determine the severity of COPD. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • While BMI is a reliable indicator of a person's healthy weight, it does not take into account the distribution of fat on the body. (uniprix.com)
Height and weight3
  • This calculator computes BMI and BMI percentiles for individual children in a group using height and weight measurements, sex, date of birth, and date of measurement information that you enter, or import from a spreadsheet or data file. (cdc.gov)
  • BMI is a measurement that relates height and weight and is often used by health professionals. (pravda.ru)
  • Body mass index (BMI) is a measurement that takes into account both height and weight. (harvard.edu)
Lung function1
  • Over an 8-yr follow-up, the detrimental effect of gaining weight might be reversible for many adults as most of those who reduced their body mass index values also increased their lung function. (ersjournals.com)
Indicator4
  • A good indicator of how much fat you carry is the body mass index (BMI). (rush.edu)
  • A good indicator of how much fat your child or teen carries is the body mass index (BMI). (chkd.org)
  • BMI is not an infallible measurement, but it is a very useful indicator. (uniprix.com)
  • However, BMI alone is not always a good indicator of what's happening to your body. (harvard.edu)
Composition4
  • New concepts of body composition. (nature.com)
  • In: Ellis KJ, Yasumura S, Morgan WD (eds) In Vivo Body Composition Studies . (nature.com)
  • Body composition and body fat percentage can also be calculated through skinfold measurement tests , by assessing specific locations on the body (such as the abdomen, triceps or quadriceps) with skin callipers. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Physical fitness is related to hereditary and environmental factors (10) and involves components related to muscular strength and muscular endurance, flexibility, speed, quickness and durability (34) and body composition (25). (thesportjournal.org)
Accurate5
  • There is substantial measurement error with many breast volume measures, but MRI imaging appears to have among the lowest error and hence to be the most accurate measure. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although it is not a perfect measure, it gives a fairly accurate assessment of how much of your body is composed of fat. (rush.edu)
  • In clinical practice, an essential component of pediatric preventative care is the accurate measurement of growth in this population. (medscape.com)
  • The measurements of growth in pediatrics must be as accurate as possible. (medscape.com)
  • A hemoglobin A1c test is another way to screen for diabetes or have an accurate measurement of an average blood sugar level in individuals who have diabetes. (onemedical.com)
20011
  • A wide range of polices relating to body weight are justified as a means of fixing market failures such as imperfect information, negative externalities including higher medical cost, irrational behavior, and unanticipated variation in social norms regarding body shape (Philipson, 2001 ). (springer.com)
Assessment1
  • It was initially called the Quetelet Index and was never meant to be used as a medical assessment tool. (dailymaverick.co.za)
Humans1
  • In adult humans, muscle mass may change due to exercise, and fat distribution may change due to hormone fluctuations. (wikipedia.org)
Estimate2
  • You and your provider can use your BMI to estimate how much body fat you have. (limamemorial.org)
  • Your waist measurement is another way to estimate how much body fat you have. (limamemorial.org)
Increases3
  • The proportion of body fat increases with age, whereas muscle mass decreases, but corresponding changes in height, weight and BMI may not reflect changes in body fat and muscle mass. (nature.com)
  • This is because fat mass increases and muscle mass decreases with age. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Too much body fat in the stomach area also increases disease risk. (selfgrowth.com)
Health12
  • Policies that affect individuals' body weight alter individual well-being, which is likely to weigh heavily in many cost-benefit or cost-utility analyses, leaving studies that exclude or miscalculate benefits of health interventions severely biased. (springer.com)
  • The medical profession's overreliance on the BMI may be harming patients' health, as it is an imperfect tool that ignores much of what makes us healthy and focuses only on mass. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • We've known for some time that the body mass index (BMI) is an inaccurate measuring stick for assessing someone's weight and associated health. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • It's especially beneficial in predicting health outcomes in older people , as the ageing process alters the body proportions on which BMI is founded. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • The body measures data were collected, in the Mobile Examination Center (MEC), by trained health technicians. (cdc.gov)
  • The health technician was assisted by a recorder during the body measures examination. (cdc.gov)
  • If a participant had an amputation, medical condition, or medical appliance, such as a cast, that prevented measurements from being taken on the right side of the body, the health technician took measurements on the left side. (cdc.gov)
  • This data file includes body measures for women who were pregnant at the time of their health examination. (cdc.gov)
  • A biometric screening is a small selection of body measurements and lab tests to provide a snapshot of your current health. (onemedical.com)
  • A complete version of this story on the pitfalls of BMI (body mass index) as a health measurement is published online. (scientificamerican.com)
  • The link between body weight and health has been generally acknowledged. (uniprix.com)
  • Because diet influences the potential for learning as well as health, an objective of the first national education goal is that children 'receive the nutrition and health care needed to arrive at school with healthy minds and bodies' (3). (cdc.gov)
Diabetes1
  • Type 2 diabetes is a chronic illness that involves your body having difficulty regulating its blood sugar, frequently resulting in high blood sugar. (onemedical.com)
Serum3
Gender5
  • Many aspects of body shape vary with gender and the female body shape especially has a complicated cultural history. (wikipedia.org)
  • Because BMI changes with age, doctors plot BMI measurements on standard gender-specific growth charts. (kidshealth.org)
  • However, there are different opinions regarding reference values and influence of age, gender and body mass index (BMI). (iasp-pain.org)
  • Objective: To determine how knee muscle strength, dynamic balance, and gait performance (adjusted for gender, age, and body mass index) are associated with falls and FOF in persons with late effects of polio. (lu.se)
  • Gender, age, and body mass index only marginally influenced the results. (lu.se)
Diseases3
  • ABO blood group and body mass index (BMI) have individually been appraised as risk factors for certain diseases. (hindawi.com)
  • People with "apple-shaped" bodies (meaning they tend to store fat around their waist and have a slim lower body) also have an increased risk for these diseases. (limamemorial.org)
  • Physical activity can be a protective factor for NCDs, helping to prevent and treat diseases and functional disability, by reducing body adiposity and blood pressure, improving lipid profile and insulin sensitivity, among other benefits. (bvsalud.org)
Variation4
  • Taking multiple measurements (3 is ideal) with the mean measurement being plotted on a standardized growth chart (This helps to decrease observer variation. (medscape.com)
  • Note that measurement errors associated with child variation can exist. (medscape.com)
  • For example, a mean height variation of approximately 1.5 cm can exist between a measurement taken in a child upon wakening and then again in the late afternoon. (medscape.com)
  • Body weight variation from morning to evening is generally negligible. (medscape.com)
Evaluate2
  • Evaluate the BMI measurement program by assessing the process, intended outcomes, and unintended consequences of the program. (cdc.gov)
  • The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of body mass index (BMI) changes over an 8-yr follow-up, on longitudinal changes of vital capacity (VC), forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV 1 ), and carbon monoxide diffusing capacity of the lung ( D L,CO ) indices in a general population sample of North Italy. (ersjournals.com)
Bone2
  • It includes considering the amount of bone, muscle, and fat in their body. (chkd.org)
  • To analyze the relationship between age, body mass index (BMI), bone mineral density (BMD), and alveolar bone resorption with menopause duration in postmenopausal women. (bvsalud.org)
Compares1
  • Body mass index (BMI) is a measurement that compares weight to height. (amenclinics.com)
Anthropometry1
Nutrition1
  • 2019 ( https://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/UNICEF-WHOlowbirthweight-estimates-2019/en/ ). (who.int)
Calculation1
Blood2
  • This paper reviews non-invasive blood glucose measurements via dielectric spectroscopy at microwave frequencies presented in the literature. (mdpi.com)
  • Physical measurements such as height, weight and blood pressure were collected in Step 2. (who.int)
1999-20001
  • Among adolescent boys aged 16-19, body weight significantly increased from 1999-2000 through 2009-2010 and then significantly decreased through 2017-2018. (cdc.gov)
Growth3
  • Those members of the office staff who are responsible for growth measurements should be trained in these skills in order to keep errors to a minimum. (medscape.com)
  • Growth is a fluid rather than a static measurement. (medscape.com)
  • Any one measurement, taken out of context, can give you the wrong impression of your growth. (kidshealth.org)
Researchers1
Years2
  • Lean muscle mass steadily declines over the years, and the change becomes more noticeable after age 40. (harvard.edu)
  • IENFD correlated negatively with HbA 1c over 27 years, although the relationship was no longer significant after adjustment for age, body mass index, and height. (medscape.com)
Measure10
  • In order to more accurately measure breast size, one of us (V.J.C.) devised a technique for breast measurement. (wikipedia.org)
  • With a centimeter tape measure, the breast is measured from 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock (Fig. 23-4, A) and from 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock (Fig. 23-4, B). These two measurements are multiplied, yielding a figure called the breast unit. (wikipedia.org)
  • BMI is an indirect measure of body fat compared with more direct approaches such as bioelectrical impedance. (nature.com)
  • It's a value calculated by a measure of someone's mass (weight) divided by the square of their height. (dailymaverick.co.za)
  • Body mass index is a measure of your weight relative to your height and gives an approximation of total body fat. (selfgrowth.com)
  • BMI is not a direct measure of body fat. (kidshealth.org)
  • Although not a perfect measure of body fat, BMI can help identify teens who are gaining weight too slowly or too quickly. (kidshealth.org)
  • Body mass index (BMI) is an inexpensive and simple method for assessing an individual's nutritional status but it does not directly measure body fat. (bvsalud.org)
  • Main Outcome Measurements: Number of falls the past year, Falls Efficacy Scale-International to assess FOF, a Biodex dynamometer to measure knee muscle strength, the Timed Up & Go test to. (lu.se)
  • Main Outcome Measurements: Number of falls the past year, Falls Efficacy Scale-International to assess FOF, a Biodex dynamometer to measure knee muscle strength, the Timed Up & Go test to assess dynamic balance, and the 6-Minute Walk test to assess gait performance. (lu.se)
Predict1
  • In this report, we report on the development of a machine learning model, which was trained using chemical formulae and EI mass spectra, that can predict the EI mass spectrum from the chemical structure. (bvsalud.org)
Adults2
  • Furthermore, BMI or body weight gains have been shown to be related to longitudinal decline of forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV 1 ) and forced vital capacity (FVC) in adults, both in occupational cohorts 3 , 4 and in general population samples 5 - 7 . (ersjournals.com)
  • Body weight, but not BMI, change was included among predictors of longitudinal change of D L,CO in adults from the Tucson Epidemiological Study of Obstructive Lung Disease, although its effect was not specifically addressed 8 . (ersjournals.com)
Chronic obstruc1
  • With regard to clinical studies, large BMI values have been shown to be an independent determinant of increased diffusion indexes in groups of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 10 and obstructive sleep-apnoea 11 . (ersjournals.com)
Percentage3
  • Additionally, the relation between BMI and percentage of body fat is not linear and differs for men and women. (nature.com)
  • The effect of sex, age and race on estimating percentage body fat from body mass index: The Heritage Family Study. (nature.com)
  • The validity of predicted body fat percentage from body mass index and from impedance in samples of five European populations. (nature.com)
Time3
  • The participant's age at the time of the screening interview determined the body measures examination protocol. (cdc.gov)
  • Additionally, your body takes time (about 2 weeks) to build its immune defense against influenza after you receive the shot. (greatist.com)
  • We also propose a method for improving library searching time and accuracy that includes an extensive mass spectrum library. (bvsalud.org)
Duration1
Risk1
Weights1
Involves1
  • Breast measurement involves the measurement of the breasts for quantifying physical characteristics such as size, shape, and developmental state. (wikipedia.org)
Calories3
  • The number of calories you burn daily depends on factors such as your body size and how physically active you are. (selfgrowth.com)
  • This is because the body stores unused calories as fat. (limamemorial.org)
  • If you have less muscle, your body burns fewer calories, which can lead to easier weight gain,' says Dr. Willett. (harvard.edu)
Muscle2
  • In general, the more muscle mass one has, the higher the BMR. (acefitness.org)
  • Your BMI might remain relatively stable because you have more body fat and less muscle mass,' says Dr. Willett. (harvard.edu)
Healthy4
  • Following is a list of safeguards that schools can use to address concerns that have been raised about school-based BMI measurement programs and increase the potential positive impact the program may have on promoting a healthy weight. (cdc.gov)
  • Our bodies have a complex system to keep our weight at a healthy level. (limamemorial.org)
  • Aim for a healthy body weight. (greatist.com)
  • When it comes to body weight, what's "healthy" is just not that simple . (greatist.com)
Results1
  • BMI should be used in conjunction with other measurements for best results. (acefitness.org)