 | Your BMI or Body Mass Index can give a quick and simple indication about whether you are overweight. |
Your BMI or Body Mass Index can be calculated by giving both your height and your weight in the appropriate units.
The calculated BMI can indicate one of the following.
- BMI below 18.5 - Underweight
- BMI between 18.5 & 24.9 - Normal
- BMI between 25.0 & 29.9 - Overweight
- BMI over 30.0 - Obese
It is desirable to have a BMI within the Normal range of 18.5 to 24.9.
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The BMI is meant to broadly categorize populations for purely statistical purposes, its accuracy in relation to actual levels of body fat is easily distorted by such factors as fitness level, muscle mass, bone structure, gender, and ethnicity. People who are mesomorphic tend to have higher BMI numbers than people who are endomorphic, because they have greater bone mass and greater muscle mass, respectively, than do endomorphic individuals.
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