What is BMI
BMI means body mass index which measures your body fat based on heights and weights for both adult men-women, If one is overweight or obese, losing just 10% of your body weight can improve overall health. If one needs to lose weight, do so gradually 1/2 to 2 pounds per week.
What is BMI used for:
- Bmi correlates with the risk of disease and deaths, for example, heart disease increases with increasing BMI in all population groups.
- Calculating BMI is simple, rapid and inexpensive and can be done by anyone with a simple formula.
- BMI correlates well with total body fat for the majority of people.
- BMI is a measure of weight with height.
How to calculate BMI:
The Formula of BMI:
(weight in kg) Divide by (height in meter square)
- BMI IN KG=weight in kg /height in m2
- BMI IN POUNDS=Weight in pounds/height in (inches)2 × 703
For example, your height is 5 feet 5 inches first convert your height in centimeters let's convert in cm with an easy formula.
You know 1 inch = 2.54cm and 1 feet=12 inches multiply 5*12= 60+5 inches=65 inches now multiply 65 inches*2.54cm=165cm your height in cm.
BMI Categories:
- Underweight= Below <18.5
- Normal weight =18.5-24.9
- Overweight=25-29.9
- Obesity =Bmi of 30 or above 30
Do you know bodybuilders have more lean muscle mass and their weight is over 80 kg and professional bodybuilders have a BMI of 25 to 30 which is included in the overweight category? Because of just lean muscles mass weight.
On the other hand, bodybuilders have only 8 percent to 12 percent body fat. Still there BMI is above 23 because of there muscle weight only.
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