Bus and rail. Volain shuttle buses link Florence Airport with Florenceâs Santa Maria Novella Railway Station, from which trains operate to destinations throughout Italy and beyond (tel: 199 303 060; www.trenitalia.com). The journey time from the airport to the station is about 20 minutes. Authorised taxis (tel: (055) 4242, 4390 or 4798) can be found outside the terminal. The journey time into the city is about 15 minutes, and fixed rate fares start at â¬20, rising slightly at night and during holiday periods.
makeweight - anything added to fill out a whole; some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights. filler. object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; it was full of rackets, balls and other objects.
Presently, there is no precise clinical definition of obesity based on the degree of excess body fat that places an individual at increased health risk. General consensus exists for an indirect measure of body fatness, called the weight-for-height index or body mass index (BMI). The BMI is an easily obtained and reliable measurement for overweight and obesity and is defined as a person's weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of the person's height (in meters).