Body Mass Index (BMI) is defined as the ratio of weight (in kg) to height (in meters) squared and is an inexact measure of body fat, though it supposedly establishes cutoff points of normal weight, overweight, and obesity.
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The Forbes Best Buy rankings aim somewhere down the middle: We give equal weight to a measure of risk-adjusted return and to that element of the hurdle that is publicly reported, the expense ratio.
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They also have higher wing loadings, a measure of the ratio between a wing's area and its weight.
The spectrometers will also measure properties including molecular weight, electrical charges and the amount of light absorbed at different wavelengths.
Medieval monks noted that using a similar gearing system driven by a descending weight might be used to measure out an hour of time mechanically.
But the effects of weight loss on health care costs are tough to measure, says Burton.
It's been a controversial measure in part because of the way it is divided up into different weight categories.
The Indirect calorimetry is well established and widely used to measure metabolism, and recommended for the treatment of obesity and management of weight by World Health Organization, American Dietetic Association and American College of Sports Medicine.
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We can wear trackers to count our steps or measure our weight, and we can use tech to make a picture of where we've been.
Booth: And cap weight, which is what indexes are, is a very poor measure of that.
Second, although the amount (weight) of herbicides applied has increased in recent years, that parameter is a poor measure of impacts on human health or the natural environment.
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If there is no objective measure to guide our decisions, if there are no facts that can be counted among our arguments, the weight of our argument is diminished.
The issue here is that BMI is a clunky measure that does not distinguish muscle from fat, and those who interpreted this study ignored the meaning of people being normal weight while having excessive belly fat weight (ie deficient muscle).
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