How to Calculate your BMI

angeeE5 · Joined: 28 Mar 2009 Posts: 2274 Location: Philadelphia

For those who do not know, BMI is an acronym for Body Mass Index. Your body mass index is a measurement tool that compares your height to your weight and gives you an indication of whether you are overweight, underweight, or at a healthy weight for your height.

Here is the formula:
BMI = weight in pounds (lbs) / (height in inches) X (height in inches) X 703

or

BMI = weight in kilograms / (height in meters) X (height in meters)

Here are the materials you will need to calculate your BMI
Bathroom scale, yardstick, pencil, paper, calculator

1) weigh yourself
2) measure height in inches with yardstick
3) use pencil, paper, and calculator to perform BMI calculation
4) take height in inches and square the number
5) divide weight in pounds by second figure (height in inches squared)
6) multiply answer by 703

If you BMI is...

less than 18.5 you are underweight
between 18.6 & 24.9 healthy
between 25 & 29.9 overweight
greater than 30 obesity
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arrowwalker · Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 5928

Terrific way to keep healthy! Thanks
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angeeE5 · Joined: 28 Mar 2009 Posts: 2274 Location: Philadelphia

You are welcome! Just a supplement to your lemon and cayenne pepper diet. Remember, do not eat any STARCH!
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arrowwalker · Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 5928

Those are killers!
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naturalblaze · Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 144 Location: IL

Thanks, for the useful info

angeeE5 · Joined: 28 Mar 2009 Posts: 2274 Location: Philadelphia

You are more than welcome, naturalblaze. I always make sure that I calculate my BMI every 3-4 months to make sure that I stay within a healthy proximity of weight in my age group.
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ACE · Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 3224 Location: MI

my bmi is higher than it should be for my height so im about to begin changing that
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MissCoco210 · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:14 am Post subject:

right if you don't like something change it
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ACE · Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 3224 Location: MI

thats exactly what im gonna do
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kameshi · Joined: 17 Apr 2010 Posts: 5

Hey your formula for calculating BMI is correct.

BMI over 30 is obese, there is a another category to be precise. BMI > 40 is "Morbidly Obese" these guys are high risk individuals for heart disease.

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ACE · Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 3224 Location: MI

morbidly obese?wow....this world is really suffering
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MissCoco210 · Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:16 am Post subject:

here is a BMI calculator all you need is your height and weight

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmicalc.htm
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ACE · Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 3224 Location: MI

my BMI i s not where it is suppposed to be so i will check that out when i lose weight first...
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MissCoco210 · Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:55 am Post subject:

well i lost 5lbs on hip hop abs have been doing it for a week and a half
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ACE · Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 3224 Location: MI

tell me why was i seriously thinking of ordering that this week....i need something fun to do actually
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