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English translation: Body Mass Index







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Italian term or phrase:BMI
English translation:Body Mass Index
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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
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.

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Jane Gabbutt
United Kingdom
Note from asker to answerer
Many thanks. The answer also appeared later in the text anyway.
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Jane Gabbutt


  

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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
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
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
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agree Sabrina b
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agree Gilberto Lacchia
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agree Livia D'Ettorre
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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
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