Calculate your BMI ( Body Mass Index)

Calculate Body Mass Index allows you to encrypt your overweight (or underweight your, what happens when you have a sufficiently high body weight) and how much weight you should to keep healthy. Many consider the BMI provides a better indicator than the ideal weight (which, in turn, is calculated with different formulas of Lorentz formula).

BMI is calculated as a function of the mass and size.

Here is the formula: BMI = weight / height ².

The result of the calculation of this index is valid only for adults 18 to 65 years.

How to interpret the result?

BMI (height / weight ²)	interpretation	Disease risk
less than 15	famine	extremely high
15 to 18.5	thinness	increased
18.5 to 25	normal weight	low
25 to 30	overweight	increased
30 to 35	moderate obesity	Raised
35 to 40	severe obesity	very high
over 40	Morbid obesity / mass	extremely high

However, be aware that the Body Mass Index does not take into account the proportion of muscle mass or bone mass. It is therefore inappropriate in certain populations (pregnant women, seriously ill, etc.). Especially athletes, who often find themselves overweight (depending on method of calculation) so that their fitness is often better than average individuals. It is also unsuitable for giant or dwarf people, as well as amputees.