BMI Calculator

BMI Calculator - Body Mass Index

The BMI calculator is an effective instrument that can tell if you are obese, underweight, or just right. Your weight alone is not enough to tell, as an imposing, slim man could easily weigh more than an overweight woman who is short and slim. It is the BMI that measures your body's mass. or BMI is a solution to this issue by calculating the ratio in your weight to height and calculating only one number. This number can be classified into an appropriate category within the range of BMIranges which are classified as underweight normal, overweight and overweight.

To determine the body mass index on your own and to understand what this number is for you, you'll require to know the following:

• How to calculate BMI.
• Normal BMI.
• What are the various BMI ranges are.

How do I calculate BMI

In the beginning, let's discuss the equation:

1. Divide your weight (in kilograms) per your length (in feet).
2. Divide the answer by your height and again to get your BMI.

The formula for body mass index is as like:

BMI is weight/height2.

Normal BMI

Our BMI calculator makes it an easy task for you to figure out your number. Please note that BMI is an approximate estimate. The result can be somewhat untrue for people who are well muscled (such as body builders) as well as for those who have lost significant amounts of muscle (such as the elderly).

If you're not sure what your level of fitness is into the "normal" range of muscle mass, it is recommended to use one of our specialized calculators. Our body fat calculator will pinpoint your percentage of body fat, while our lean body mass calculator will show you what you'd weigh with no fat.

BMI ranges

There are five primary areas within the BMI scale:

• Insufficient weight = less than 18.5
• Normal weight equals 18.5 - 24.9
• Overweight = 25 - 29.9
• Obesity = 30 - 35
• Severe obesity = 35 and more

"BMI Prime," also known as BMI Prime BMI Prime is clever improvement to our BMI calculator. It's a decimal value where 1.0 is the highest point in the "normal BMI" range. It's a super easy way to see if you're overweight or not. In the event that your BMI Prime is higher than 1, you've got some weight to shed.

Making use of the calculator for body mass index

At the top of our BMI calculator are fields that allow you to input your body weight and height. Enter these numbers then you'll see your BMI and it's BMI prime (see above) and a little message telling you what the range of values you fall within.

If you're overweight and wish to know precisely what you'll need to lose to get into the healthyrange, you are able to do so too. Place your height and weight in the boxes as they are, and then type "0.9" into the BMI Prime box. Both your weight and BMI will adjust themselves.

Tip: If the height of your box changes as you alter other boxes, you'll have to close it. Go to the right side of the box and click the lock icon to keep that number in place as you play around with the figures in other boxes. That's... except if you are planning on getting larger!

Other aspects

If you want to know if your metabolism is working to achieve an healthy weight, take a look at this basal metabolism rate calculator (or its variation with The Harris-Benedict Formula). We often hear about things altering our metabolism (which one does skipping breakfast will do?) However, we don't hear much about tracking those changes. That's exactly what this calculator is to track those changes.

Your basal metabolic rate is the degree of activity of your body's metabolism when you first wake up in the morning. This is the most stable time to determine your metabolic rate, because you haven't had enough time to get you warm yet!

Once you know how to calculate BMI, the next important figure to be aware of is the ideal weight. Utilize this ideal tool to find it quickly.