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BMI

English translation: Body Mass Index

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Italian term or phrase:BMI
English translation:Body Mass Index
Entered by: amfaccini

08:31 Oct 4, 2004
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / obesity
Italian term or phrase: BMI
Sono state arruolate 30 pazienti ambulatoriali di sesso femminile, con età media di a. 33,83 ± 6,31 (minima 20 a. e massima 44 a.), con BMI compre-so tra 25 e 30, presenza di ipercolesterolemia (colesterolo totale > 220 mg%) e di iperglicemia (glicemia > 120 mg%).

Can anyone give me a clue to what this stands for?
amfaccini
Italy
Local time: 06:44
Body Mass Index
Explanation:
Body mass index (BMI) is measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women.



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Note added at 4 mins (2004-10-04 08:35:29 GMT)
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Look on google for loads of calculators and explanations of the BMI scores.

Selected response from:

Jane Gabbutt
Local time: 05:44
Grading comment
Many thanks. The answer also appeared later in the text anyway.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5 +7Body Mass Index
Jane Gabbutt


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Body Mass Index


Explanation:
Body mass index (BMI) is measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women.



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Note added at 4 mins (2004-10-04 08:35:29 GMT)
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Look on google for loads of calculators and explanations of the BMI scores.




    Reference: http://nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
Jane Gabbutt
Local time: 05:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks. The answer also appeared later in the text anyway.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Grace Anderson: you beat me to it - I'll hide my answer.
0 min
  -> I'm not usually so quick. Can you tell I'm putting off starting work this morning?!
agree  Maurizio Valente
36 mins
agree  Sabrina b
48 mins
agree  Gilberto Lacchia
55 mins
agree  Livia D'Ettorre
3 hrs
agree  Alessandra Renna
3 hrs
agree  Marie-Hélène Hayles: and of course you don't actually need to put it in full, you can just leave it as BMI
4 hrs
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