Obesity
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Calculate your BMI

Calculate your BMI

Calculate your BMI

BMI is calculated as follows:

  • BMI = weight (kg) divided by height squared (m²)

If pounds and inches are used:

  • BMI = weight (Ibs) multiplied by 703, then divided by height squared (inches²)¹

BMI provides a method for approximating weight status and correlates with risk of disease and death due to causes associated with obesity.2

As BMI increases, the associated level of disease risk for type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease (CVD), relative to normal weight and waist circumference, also increases.3

Enter the following information and calculate your body mass index (BMI).

Height: cm
Weight: kg
Sex:
Age: years

Body mass index: , considered:

Proposed age-adjusted body mass index: , considered:

Percentile for age and gender:

The adjustment for age is a purely mathematical (not clinical) extension of the NRC adjustment, cited in Zeman, for the "healthy weight" range.

Weight from BMI

Here, you can find out what weight (given the above height) would give you a particular BMI.

Target BMI:

Weight required:
lb kg

References

1. NHLBI Obesity Education Initiative. 2000;00-4084:1-94.

2. WHO: Body mass index – BMI. http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention/nutrition/a-healthy-lifestyle/body-mass-index-bmi. Accessed 15 August 2016.

3. Klein S et al. In: Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:1605-1632.

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