Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS)
Body mass index of person, index
Body mass index (BMI) refers to a method of classifying body weight according to health risk. BMI is calculated as follows: weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared.
Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.
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