body mass index
measure of relative weight based on an individual's mass and height
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Summary
body mass index is a clinical sign[1]. It ranks in the top 0.67% of clinical sign entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,191 views/month, #2 of 298).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Adolphe Quetelet[3]
- Instance of: biomedical measurand type[4]
- Subclass of: physical quantity[5], anthropometric index[6]
- Part of: Q140456385[7]
- Has use: classification of obesity[8]
- Commons category: Body mass index[9]
- Facet of: health[10]
- Replaces: Broca Index[11]
- Short name: BMI[12], IMC[13], KMI[14], 体质指数[15], 體質指數[16], VKİ[17], ИМТ[18], ІМТ[19], ІМЦ[20], ИТМ[21], ДМИ[22], DMÏ[23], دمىي[24], ΔΜΣ[25]
- Different from: surface density[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
Why It Matters
body mass index has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 105 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]