Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 269556 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 National Health Performance Authority (retired), Retired 01/07/2016 |
Definition: | Weight (body mass) relative to height used to assess the extent of weight deficit or excess in adults. |
Context: | Public health and health care: Body Mass Index (BMI) is used as an indicator of underweight, normal or healthy weight and overweight and obesity in adults and overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. On a population basis there is a strong association between BMI and health risk such as coronary heart disease, non-insulin dependant diabetes mellitus and high blood pressure in adults. In population based surveys, BMI may be used:
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