Body Weight
type: Ontology
creator: Hans Cools, MD; Pieterjan De Potter
publisher: Agfa Healthcare/Belgium, IBBT/Belgium, Multimedia Lab/Ghent University/Belgium
description: Formal description of body weight.
format: OWL Full
language: English

human body weight
type: Class
definition: Weight of a human body.
comment: Abstraction made of the gravitational acceleration.
subclass of: Mass
subclass of: Observable
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: physicalQuantityOf
  all values from: Body
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: physicalQuantityOf
  min cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: hasValue
  some values from: decimal
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: hasUnit
  some values from: Restriction
    on property: unitOf
    all values from: Mass
    min cardinality: 1

Concept
in scheme: sct20080731
notation: 27113001

weighing a human body
type: Class
definition: Measuring the weight of a human body.
subclass of: Examining
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: hasObject
  all values from: Body
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: hasOutput
  all values from: human body weight

Concept
in scheme: sct20080731
notation: 39857003

human body weighing device
type: Class
definition: Device to measure the human body weight.
subclass of: WeighingDevice
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: actsIn
  all values from: weighing a human body
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: weighs
  all values from: Body

weight status
type: Class
definition: Status of a human's weight
subclass of: Finding
one of: underweight
one of: normal weight
one of: overweight
one of: obesity

underweight
type: Class
definition: A human's body weight being too low.
comment: Body mass index lower than 18.5 kg/m2.
type: weight status
subclass of: HumanRiskFactor
subclass of: SCTID_248342006

Concept
in scheme: sct20080731
notation: 248342006

normal weight
type: Class
definition: A human's body weight being normal.
comment: Body mass index ranging 18.5-24.9 kg/m2.
type: weight status
subclass of: SCTID_63976003

Concept
in scheme: sct20080731
notation: 63976003

overweight
type: Class
definition: A human's body weight being too high.
comment: Body mass index ranging 25-29.9 kg/m2.
type: weight status
subclass of: HumanRiskFactor
subclass of: SCTID_238131007

Concept
in scheme: sct20080731
notation: 238131007

obesity
type: Class
definition: A human's body weight being pathologic.
comment: Body mass index higher than 30 kg/m2.
type: weight status
subclass of: HumanRiskFactor
subclass of: SCTID_414915002

Concept
in scheme: sct20080731
notation: 414915002

weighs
type: ObjectProperty
definition: Specifying a human's body weight, expressed in kilogram.
note: Used in N3 rules.
domain: Human
range:
  has value: decimal
  has unit:
    unit of: Mass

status
type: ObjectProperty
definition: Specifying a status of a human's body weight.
note: Used in N3 rules.
domain: Human
range: weight status