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Preferred term

body mass

Is replaced by

body mass

Definition

[Henderson's] a measure of the amount of body fat for humans, calculated from the body weight (in kilograms) divided by the height (in metres) squared. “Normal” values for adults range from 18.5 to 24.9, with a value of greater than 30 being classiﬁed as clinical obesity.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Entry terms

BM
bodies mass
bodies masses
body masses

Scope note

MS Academic Keywords

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0145

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Created 8/3/16, last modified 3/21/22

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