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  • n  a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30
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  • Walgreens Way to Well Health Tour coming to Brambleton Avenue July 2
    The Walgreens Way to Well Health Tour with AARP will provide free health tests in Roanoke from 7/1-7/6. The three free health tests, valued at over $100, measure 10 key indicators that include total cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure, body mass index, body composition, skeletal muscle, resting metabolism, visceral fat, real body age and body weight. [...]
    June 28, 2013 - Roanoke Times
  • Walgreens Way to Well Health Tour comes to Salem July 3
    The Walgreens Way to Well Health Tour with AARP will provide free health tests in Salem on July 3. The three free health tests, valued at over $100, measure 10 key indicators that include total cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure, body mass index, body composition, skeletal muscle, resting metabolism, visceral fat, real body age and body [...]
    June 28, 2013 - Roanoke Times
  • Race apparently a factor in sleep apnea, Wayne State University researcher finds
    ( Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research ) A Wayne State University researcher has found that sleep apnea severity is higher among African-American men in certain age ranges, even after controlling for body mass index.
    June 26, 2013 - EurekAlert!

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