• In instances where perceptions are not favorable toward BMI, it is largely attributable to opinions of incongruence with BMI and body shape, type, or composition. (scirp.org)
  • self-ratings and their perceptions of how others view their body image were generally similar for American and Russian students. (auburn.edu)
  • There was a significant difference of perceptions of body sizes between Americans and Russians. (auburn.edu)
  • Perceptions of body sizes were significantly related to body shape categories for both American and Russian students. (auburn.edu)
  • The BMI is a convenient rule of thumb used to broadly categorize a person as based on tissue mass (muscle, fat, and bone) and height. (wikipedia.org)
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) was used to categorize body sizes used in the stimulus as underweight, normal, and overweight. (auburn.edu)
  • The weight excess or deficiency may, in part, be accounted for by body fat (adipose tissue) although other factors such as muscularity also affect BMI significantly (see discussion below and overweight). (wikipedia.org)
  • Specifically, overweight is defined as a body-mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 25, while obesity is a BMI greater than or equal to 30. (scirp.org)
  • This research showed that overweight body scans were classified most correctly and were perceived as the most unattractive by both samples. (auburn.edu)
  • Participants that perceived BMI to be invalid most commonly cited incongruence with one's perception of their own body weight, no accounting for unique body shapes, and no accounting for additional muscle mass. (scirp.org)
  • Three body shapes (hourglass, rectangle, and pear) were defined within the stimulus. (auburn.edu)
  • There was no significant effect of body shapes on Americans? (auburn.edu)
  • When used to predict an individual's health, rather than as a statistical measurement for groups, the BMI has limitations that can make it less useful than some of the alternatives, especially when applied to individuals with abdominal obesity, short stature, or high muscle mass. (wikipedia.org)
  • Lean male athletes often have a high muscle-to-fat ratio and therefore a BMI that is misleadingly high relative to their body-fat percentage. (wikipedia.org)
  • A common use of the BMI is to assess how far an individual's body weight departs from what is normal for a person's height. (wikipedia.org)
  • We now know that research shows that folks with higher body mass indexes (BMIs) actually tend to live longer than folks with normal or low BMIs. (nextbigideaclub.com)
  • The interest in an index that measures body fat came with observed increasing obesity in prosperous Western societies. (wikipedia.org)
  • B M I = mass kg height m 2 = mass lb height in 2 × 703 {\displaystyle \mathrm {BMI} ={\frac {{\text{mass}}_{\text{kg}}}{{{\text{height}}_{\text{m}}}^{2}}}={\frac {{\text{mass}}_{\text{lb}}}{{{\text{height}}_{\text{in}}}^{2}}}\times 703} BMI provides a simple numeric measure of a person's thickness or thinness, allowing health professionals to discuss weight problems more objectively with their patients. (wikipedia.org)
  • 1. Weight isn't a good predictor of health. (nextbigideaclub.com)
  • Research on weight and health shows no causal relationship between body size and worse health outcomes. (nextbigideaclub.com)
  • In older people, friendships were a stronger predictor of both health and happiness than relationships with family members. (businessinsider.com)
  • A 2015 study in the journal Social Science and Medicine compared the body mass indexes of about 4,500 people in nine European countries and found that single people had, on average, slightly lower BMIs than those who were married. (businessinsider.com)
  • Russian respondents reported lower scores on body attractiveness than American respondents for all 27 images. (auburn.edu)
  • Body mass index (BMI) is a value derived from the mass (weight) and height of a person. (wikipedia.org)
  • The modern term "body mass index" (BMI) for the ratio of human body weight to squared height was coined in a paper published in the July 1972 edition of the Journal of Chronic Diseases by Ancel Keys and others. (wikipedia.org)
  • Childhood dieting, along with weight-based shaming, is a top predictor of future eating disorder risk. (nextbigideaclub.com)
  • The Body Mass Index (BMI) is commonly used to determine weight status. (scirp.org)
  • Quetelet thought of the average man as a social ideal, and developed the body mass index as a means of discovering the socially ideal human person. (wikipedia.org)
  • They found that children consistently rated the fat body as the one they liked the least. (nextbigideaclub.com)
  • A questionnaire coordinated with a stimulus presented in a Power Point format and composed of 27 images of body scans of women was used by respondents to rate body size and attractiveness. (auburn.edu)
  • personal BMI category and their perception of body size. (auburn.edu)
  • Our bodies evolved these protective mechanisms to help us survive times of food scarcity, and your body can't tell if you're living through a famine or just doing Paleo. (nextbigideaclub.com)
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) was used to categorize body sizes used in the stimulus as underweight, normal, and overweight. (auburn.edu)
  • Body scans with underweight BMIs were perceived as being the most attractive. (auburn.edu)
  • Quetelet himself never intended for the index, then called the Quetelet Index, to be used as a means of medical assessment. (wikipedia.org)
  • Originally known as the Quetelet Index (Eknoyan, 2007) but later changed to and Body Max Index in 1972 by Keys et al, after their studies disagreed with the validity of data published discussing desirable weight (Keys, Fidanza, Karvonen, Kimura & Taylor, 1972). (ukessays.com)
  • There have also been concerns about misclassification, as BMI is only a surrogate measure of body fatness in children as in adults. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Furthermore, children may experience functional impairment (physical or emotional) at different levels of body fatness. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Further, BMI in children correlates reasonably well to direct measures of body fatness (Mei et al. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The BMI scores gives an indirect measure of body fat. (ukessays.com)
  • Body mass index (BMI) is an indirect measure of obesity based on the readily determined measures of height and weight. (nationalacademies.org)
  • A common use of the BMI is to assess how far an individual's body weight departs from what is normal for a person's height. (wikipedia.org)
  • Pearson correlation analysis was performed to assess the potential association between conventional echocardiographic indexes and 4D parameters related to athletes' LA function. (researchsquare.com)
  • Because children's development varies with age, and because boys and girls develop at different rates, the use of BMI to assess body weight in children requires growth and gender considerations. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Perceptions of body sizes were significantly related to body shape categories for both American and Russian students. (auburn.edu)
  • Athletes' heart rate and left ventricular mass index were significantly correlated with 4D LA function parameters. (researchsquare.com)
  • 2000). In most children, values at this level are known to indicate excess body fat, which itself is difficult to measure accurately in either clinical or population-based settings. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Moreover, a U-shaped association between BMI and Alu methylation was observed, with the lowest methylation levels occurring at BMIs of between 23 and 30 kg/m 2 . (molcells.org)
  • Children and teens BMIs are shown as a percentile ranking. (ukessays.com)
  • In 2002, however, Gruberg et al showed that patients with lower body mass index (BMI) had greater risk of cardiac death after a percutaneous coronary intervention. (thoracickey.com)
  • In this study, we quantified the methylation of Alu elements in the peripheral blood DNA of 244 healthy women with a range of body mass indexes (BMIs) using pyrosequencing technology. (molcells.org)
  • Keywords: Problematic internet use, body mass index, university students Along with rapid development of technology, use of computers and the Internet has become the indispensable requirement of human lives. (kipdf.com)
  • self-ratings and their perceptions of how others view their body image were generally similar for American and Russian students. (auburn.edu)
  • A total of 60 young adults (30 males and 30 females) who were declared to be healthy after a physical examination, those matching in age, and athletes with similar body mass indexes (BMIs) were randomly selected as the control group. (researchsquare.com)
  • BMIs under 20 and over 25 have been associated with higher all-cause mortality, with the risk increasing with distance from the 20-25 range. (wikipedia.org)
  • THE ROLE OF BODY MASS INDEX AND BODY SHAPE IN PERCEPTION OF BODY ATTRACTIVNESS: CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY Except where reference is made to work of others, the work described in this thesis is my own or was done in collaboration with my advisory committee. (auburn.edu)
  • Purpose of Study: The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the level of problematic Internet use (PIU) among Turkish university students and their body mass indexes (BMI). (kipdf.com)
  • There was no significant effect of body shapes on Americans? (auburn.edu)
  • A questionnaire coordinated with a stimulus presented in a Power Point format and composed of 27 images of body scans of women was used by respondents to rate body size and attractiveness. (auburn.edu)
  • The amount of body fat differs between boys and girls and changes with age making their BMIs age and sex specific. (ukessays.com)
  • There was a significant difference of perceptions of body sizes between Americans and Russians. (auburn.edu)
  • A literature review of intercostal-to-musculocutaneous-nerve transfers in brachial plexus injury patients: Does body mass index influence results in Eastern versus Western countries? (surgicalneurologyint.com)
  • Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, Issue 54, 2014, 135-150 Problematic Internet Use and Body Mass Index in University Students Serkan Volkan S. (kipdf.com)
  • The table displays BMI as a function of mass and height and may show other units of measurement (converted to metric units for the calculation). (wikipedia.org)
  • ROC curve analysis showed that LA contraction longitudinal strain (LASct) was the best predictor in evaluating athletes' LA function. (researchsquare.com)
  • The LASct was the most effective index for evaluating athletes' LA function. (researchsquare.com)
  • Quetelet thought of the average man as a social ideal, and developed the body mass index as a means of discovering the socially ideal human person. (wikipedia.org)
  • Russian respondents reported lower scores on body attractiveness than American respondents for all 27 images. (auburn.edu)
  • The BMI is defined as the body mass divided by the square of the body height, and is expressed in units of kg/m2, resulting from mass in kilograms (kg) and height in metres (m). (wikipedia.org)
  • The BMI is expressed in kg/m2, resulting from mass in kilograms and height in metres. (wikipedia.org)