Body Mass Index

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Body Mass Index Calculators 

Body Mass Index which is commonly known as BMI is not known to many people. BMI is a calculation where a person's weight and height are estimated to know how fat a person is. It is mainly used by the physicians and researchers for studying obesity. Body Mass Index calculators are a unique invention in the measurement of the height and weight of one’s body. It can also be adjusted according to your current age and current weight.

Body Mass Index is especially used when there is a need for indication as to whether a person is obese, overweight, normal or underweight. But the only problem with it is that it will overestimate obesity in those individuals who are generally well-built or athletic. It is because of all these problems that the Body Mass Index calculator shows additional statistics whereby you will be ableto help and also be informed about your own body. In this way you will also become the good judge about your body measurements and also compare them with the age and height which is also the same in case of other people. The other two unique things that are provided by the Body Mass Index Calculators are Body Mass Index charts and average height and weight charts.

The ideal method by which the Body Mass Index is calculated: BMI= Weight (Kg)/ Height2 (m2). If you see any chart showing the Body Mass Index for women you will see that it changes accordingly with age. Almost all the charts indicate that the Body Mass Index increases with the age and is also noticeable after the age of 20. It is a common belief in women that they look best when they are within the Body Mass Index Value of 20 and 22 while in the case of men they are happy if their Body Mass Index level ranges between 22 and 25.

In a Body Mass Index Chart the weight is on the bottom of the graph that is on the horizontal axis while the weight is on the vertical axis. The weight of a person is to be matched with the height on the graph. The point where the weight and the height intersect gives the Body Mass Index. A Body Mass Index on the graph from 18.5 to 25 is referred as the healthy weight. A Body Mass Index from 25 to 30 is labeled as overweight while a Body Mass Index of 30 or higher is marked as obesity. Obese persons are severely overweight. Obesity increases the risks of fatal diseases like cancer and other related problems. A man is expected to have a higher BMI than a woman of the same height. This is because men have more muscles than women and muscles weigh more than fat which women naturally have more.  A muscle weighs one inch more than fat.

So the next time you want to find the correlation between body height and weight Body Mass Index Calculator is the ideal tool for you.

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